Giacomo Meyerbeer : Jephtas Gelübde (Jephtha's Vow) – Vocal/Piano Score.
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- 9781443870245
- 782.1092
- ML410.M61 -- .G533 2013eb
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- LIBRETTO -- OVERTURE -- ACT I -- Akt 2 -- ACT 3 -- APPENDIX.
Meyerbeers first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, has a libretto by the German academic Alois Schreiber, based on a Biblical theme taken from chapters 11-12 of the Book of Judges. The story centres on the vow the ancient Israelite Judge made to God in return for victory over the enemy: "If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious . . . I will offer him up for a burnt offering". The first person he was fatefull.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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