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Curlew River – A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer. [1] The first of Britten's three 'Parables for Church Performance', the work is based on the Japanese noh play Sumidagawa (Sumida River) by Kanze Jūrō (1395–1431), which Britten saw during a visit to Japan and the Far East in early 1956.
The Prodigal Son is a music drama by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by William Plomer. Based on the Biblical story of the Prodigal Son, this was Britten's third "parable for church performance", after Curlew River and The Burning Fiery Furnace. Britten dedicated the score to Dmitri Shostakovich.
Godspell is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. [1] The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end.
Op. 74, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake for baritone and piano, 1965; Op. 75, Voices for Today for boys' voices, chorus and organ ad lib, 1965; Op. 76, The Poet's Echo for soprano or tenor and piano (words by Alexander Pushkin), 1965; Op. 77, The Burning Fiery Furnace, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Book of Daniel), 1966
Church Gospel Songs and Hymns, V.E. Howard Publishing (1983) Hymns for Worship (Revised in 1994 with a couple hundred more selections), R.J. Stevens publishing (1987) Praise for the Lord, John P. Wiegand (1992) Songs of Faith and Praise, Alton Howard publishing (1993) Sacred Songs of the Church, W. D. Jeffcoat, Psallo Publications (2007)
An elderly woman in Westminster, London, in 1892 reportedly recognised the tune Hipkins knew as belonging to a song about the Lazarus parable. Broadwood matched a typical version of the lyrics to "Dives and Lazarus" with this tune attested by Hipkins and the lady from Westminster, stating that "they suit it so well that there is a great ...
On the verge of his 99th birthday, film legend Dick Van Dyke said he's not afraid to die.. The Emmy-winning actor starred in Coldplay's new music video for the track "All My Love," in which Van ...
Many of the contemporary artists who authored the folk music that was used in American Catholic Liturgy choose F.E.L. to be their publisher, as did Ray Repp, who pioneered contemporary Catholic liturgical music and authored the "First Mass for Young Americans", a suite of folk-style musical pieces designed for the Catholic liturgy. Repp gave an ...