Introduction
In the 1960s, the British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) momentarily abandoned opera for the more intimate genre of what he called his Parables for Church performance. The first one, his 1964 Curlew River, was inspired by a Japanese Noh play to which he gave a Christian slant, as it illustra...
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Miranda
2017
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| Résumé: | In the 1960s, the British composer Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) momentarily abandoned opera for the more intimate genre of what he called his Parables for Church performance. The first one, his 1964 Curlew River, was inspired by a Japanese Noh play to which he gave a Christian slant, as it illustrates the wonders of performing Faith. The following two, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son, were directly inspired by Scripture, from which the parable as a literary genre derives. Acco... |
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