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Jonah and the whale : tenor and bass soli, mixed chorus, narrator, and instrumental ensemble / Dominick Argento.

Author/creator Argento, Dominick
Format Musical Score and Print
Publication Info[New York] : Boosey & Hawkes, ©1976.
Description1 vocal score (148 pages) ; 27 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleJonah and the whale. Vocal score
Contents The lesson -- The charge to Jonah -- His flight -- The storm at sea -- In the belly of the whale -- His prayer -- In Nineveh -- Jonah's despair -- The booth -- God's rebuke -- The lesson restated.
General note"Texts: Patience, or Jonah and the whale (anonymous medieval English, ca. 1360) translated by the composer; the Book of Jonah, II:2-9; Psalm CXXX; sea shanty: The Greenland fishery, or The whale; traditional worksongs."--p. [14]
General noteWords printed as text.
General noteDuration: ca. 1:00:00.
LCCN 76772340
Publisher numberBH. BK. 736 Boosey & Hawkes

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks M2023.3.A7 J6 1976 ✔ Available Place Hold