{"product_id":"the-voice-of-judith-in-300-years-of-oratorio-and-opera-9780567699930","title":"The Voice of Judith in 300 Years of Oratorio and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume focuses on the story of Judith as presented by composers, librettists and playwrights over four centuries. Helen Leneman analyzes numerous examples of music, librettos and the librettists' views of Judith  strongly influenced by societal attitudes of their time  and how these works in turn suggest unexpected ways of understanding biblical women and their stories. Music adds nuances, colors and emotions, becoming a subtext that suggests character and emotions.    Leneman presents in-depth analyses of the librettos and music of 16 operas and oratorios based on the book of Judith that span 300 years (1694-1984), in addition to two influential plays that inspired several librettos in the nineteenth century. Exploring works by such varied composers as Vivaldi, Mozart, Parry, Honegger, Serov, Chadwick and von Reznicek, Leneman reveals the ways in which each adaptation expands, distils or reinterprets Judith's character and story. In this first ever extensive study of musical sett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the field of biblical scholarship rapidly changes and expands, Helen Leneman’s contribution to musical reception of biblical characters is immense. As her previous books on Ruth, Moses, Saul and David, and various characters from the book of Genesis demonstrate, Leneman’s work has developed an important method in order to tackle musical readings of biblical books. Her latest book, The Voice of Judith in 300 Years of Oratorio and Opera, shows how music makes the characters come to life in a way that the text doesn’t - they are given voices (e.g. Judith’s maid) and complex emotional and psychological developments. Leneman’s book plunges us into the multi-vocal universe of the characters from the book of Judith, unveiling through her comprehensive analysis of the music, librettos and vocal ranges a whole gamut of emotions. * The Revd Dr Ann Jeffers (Senior Fellow, HEA) Roehampton University, UK *\u003cbr\u003eDr. Helen Leneman is unique: she is a Bible scholar, steeped in Jewish and general Bible knowledge,  with a deep love for music and musical training; she’s even a cantor!  In her previous books on the Hebrew Bible – on Ruth (2007), Saul and David (2010), Moses (2014), and Genesis (2019) – she shows us how music and libretto, in oratorio and opera, supply interpretations for biblical stories that may form a Midrash, similar or different from ancient Jewish Midrash, and may mesh with contemporaneous Bible exegesis. A hallmark of her work is the attention to female figures, often missing in past and present scholarship.   In the present volume, \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of Judith in 300 Hundred Years of Oratorio and Opera, \u003c\/i\u003eLeneman shows us once again how musicians interpreted the story of Judith over centuries, adapting the story to their own work and their time\/location needs. As such, this is a huge contribution to the Bible’s reception history, often neglected. A must read for students of Bible – and of music. * Athalya Brenner-Idan (Emerita), Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eList of Works with Links to audio and scores\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eList of Musical Illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart One: \u003ci\u003eOratorios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 1\u003ci\u003e: Seventeenth - Eighteenth century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): \u003ci\u003eLa \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiuditta \u003c\/i\u003e(two versions: 1694, 1697) Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741): \u003ci\u003eJuditha Triumphans \u003c\/i\u003e(1716)                Thomas Arne (1710-1778): \u003ci\u003eJudith \u003c\/i\u003e(1761, 1764) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): \u003ci\u003eBetulia Liberata \u003c\/i\u003e(1771) \u003cb\u003eChapter 2\u003ci\u003e: Nineteenth - Twentieth century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   Henry David Leslie (1822-1896): \u003ci\u003eJudith \u003c\/i\u003e(1858)  C. Hubert Parry (1848-1918): \u003ci\u003eJudith, or The Regeneration of Manasseh \u003c\/i\u003e(1888)   Paul Hillemacher (1852-1933): \u003ci\u003eJudith, Scène Lyrique\u003c\/i\u003e (1876) Arthur Honegger (1892-1955): \u003ci\u003eJudith, Drame Biblique  \u003c\/i\u003e(1925)   \u003cb\u003ePart Two: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOperas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eChapter 3\u003ci\u003e: Influential Nineteenth Century Plays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   Friedrich Hebbel \u003ci\u003eJudith \u003c\/i\u003e(1840) Paolo Giacometti \u003ci\u003eGiuditta \u003c\/i\u003e(1857) \u003cb\u003eChapter 4\u003ci\u003e: Nineteenth Century Operas \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   Achille Peri (1812-1880): \u003ci\u003eGiuditta \u003c\/i\u003e(1860)  Domenico Silveri (1818-1900): \u003ci\u003eGiuditta \u003c\/i\u003e(1885)   Charles Lefebvre (1843-1917): \u003ci\u003eJudith, drame lyrique en 3 acts 4 scenes \u003c\/i\u003e(1877)  Alexander Serov (1820-1871): \u003ci\u003eIudif \u003c\/i\u003e(1863) \u003cb\u003eChapter 5\u003ci\u003e: Twentieth Century Operas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   George Whitfield Chadwick (1854-1931): \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e (1901)  Emil von Reznicek (1860-1945): \u003ci\u003eHolofernes \u003c\/i\u003e(1922) Eugene Goossens (1893-1962): \u003ci\u003eJudith \u003c\/i\u003e(1927)   Siegfried Matthus (1934--): \u003ci\u003eJudith \u003c\/i\u003e(1984) \u003cb\u003eTable and Conclusion  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBibliography of musical works (chronological)\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eBibliography\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018301112663,"sku":"9780567699930","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567699930.jpg?v=1750776353","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-voice-of-judith-in-300-years-of-oratorio-and-opera-9780567699930","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}