More than the Love of Men: Ruth and Naomi's Story in Music
This essay introduces and discusses four musical works that extensively treat Ruth and Naomi's relationship: two late nineteenth-century oratorios, and two twentieth-century operas. Both music and librettos are treated as midrash—a creative retelling through both altered text and in the languag...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2010
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In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2010, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-160 |
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Summary: | This essay introduces and discusses four musical works that extensively treat Ruth and Naomi's relationship: two late nineteenth-century oratorios, and two twentieth-century operas. Both music and librettos are treated as midrash—a creative retelling through both altered text and in the language of music. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002096431006400203 |