Daniel and Genre Confusion: The Strange Case of The Burning Fiery Furnace

This article explores an opera by Benjamin Britten, designed especially for a church setting. It does so through the lens of musicology and of ritual. It argues that there is here a blurring of the border between ritual more generally, especially the Noh form, and Christian liturgical drama. The pre...

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Auteur principal: McGrail, Simon Peter (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: University of Otago, Department of Theology and Religion [2013]
Dans: Relegere
Année: 2013, Volume: 3, Numéro: 1, Pages: 41-56
Sujets non-standardisés:B Britten
B Burning Fiery Furnace
B Benjamin
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Résumé:This article explores an opera by Benjamin Britten, designed especially for a church setting. It does so through the lens of musicology and of ritual. It argues that there is here a blurring of the border between ritual more generally, especially the Noh form, and Christian liturgical drama. The presentation of a specific setting of biblical material through the medium of musical performance focuses interpretation of text on the impact of sound and sight on an audience whose perspective is already shaped by encountering the performance within a church building. The paper concludes that watching and believing are not necessarily separate actions.
ISSN:1179-7231
Contient:Enthalten in: Relegere
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.11157/rsrr3-1-586