The parable of the Old Man and the Young
Language:
English
So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went,
And took the fire with him, and a knife.
And as they sojourned both of them together,
Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father,
Behold the preparations, fire and iron,
But where the lamb for this burnt-offering?
Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps,
And builded parapets and trenched there,
And streched forth the knife to slay his son.
When lo! and angel called him out of heaven,
Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
Neither do anything to him. Behold,
A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns;
Offer the Ram of Pride instead of him.
But the old man would not so,
but slew his son, -
And half the seed of Europe, one by one.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
 by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
, "Offertorium", op. 66 no. 3, published 1961 [soprano, tenor, baritone, SATB, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ], from War Requiem, no. 3.
by Albert Tepper (1921-)
, "The parable of the Old Man and the Young", 1969 [cantata: SSATTBB, two horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, 2 perc.], from Cantata 1969
Date added to the website: 2008-01-08.
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