Isaiah 35

Isaiah 35:7 for Advent 3

And the mirage will become a pool, and thirsty ground will ferment with water,
and the home of dragons reclining, will be grass with calamus and rush.

Mirage שׁרב occurs only here and in Isaiah 49:10.

The Psalm 146:5-10 is the celebration of the character of Yahweh. Notice the joyful ornaments and the high tessitura. This is a God in whom one can have confidence.

Carnival

The November Biblical Studies carnival is here.

I am struck this month by the deaths of two scholars whom I have cited often in my carnivals, Tim Bulkeley and Larry Hurtado. Tim was among the gentlest of all who write on the web. Larry has a long history of detailed work on early Christianity. See the summary here by Jim Davila.

Isaiah 10

I was glancing backward in the book of Isaiah to see the context of Isaiah 12 (the verse of the week several weeks ago). It's worth a scan. And I chanced upon Chapter 10, though Chapter 11 was very satisfactory when answering the question 'what is that day'?

Isaiah 10:1
Alas, the lawgivers of mischievous prescription,
and those who inscribe their inscriptions for misery,

Now who might the prophet have in mind? Do read on about spoiling the widow and looting the orphan.

Isaiah 10:1

Alas Leviathan

The phrase in that day is very common in Isaiah as I pointed out here. That day seems to include the end of Leviathan.

In that day Yahweh will visit with his sword, the intransigent, and the great, and the courageous, against Leviathan, the snake that runs away, and against Leviathan, the snake of crooked ways,
and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

To day Isaiah 27 is in view at 929, the rejuvenated exploration of the Hebrew Scriptures out of Israel.

Isaiah 27:1 Visiting Leviathan

Output of musical endeavours since April, roughly speaking

Here is the list I needed. I put it into a database because it is very confusing to handle. About 52 short pieces, 42 of them in 2 collections. Some with varying instrumentation.

If I can get some inspiration from these tropes - these musical phrases, in 9 months of experimenting, at the same time studying Gradus ad Parnassum and various music books I had long forgotten about, surely there are other 'real' composers who have been composing all their lives who can also.

My latest is a barbershop quartet version of Psalm 96. I could use some feedback from a real quartet - tell me if it is singable!

These are all available on my YouTube channel here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDrmacdonald/videos

Let me know if you think you would like to perform them for real. I would like to work with some performers. I am looking locally.

I can help with anyone who would like to work on new material, all 929 chapters, 23000+ verses are available in music XML or PDF format online - look at the music page.

Book

Chapter, Verse

Type

Instruments

Title

Libretto

Part of

2 SAMUEL	1:19-27	quintet	strings	Elegy	Hebrew
ISAIAH	9:1	carol	SATB, percussion	A baby is born	English or Hebrew
ISAIAH	12	chorus	soprano SATB, congregation	You will draw water	English	(live performance)
JONAH	1-4	story	SATB harp or string suite	Story	English
PSALMS	33	chorus	SATB harp	Shout for Joy	Hebrew
PSALMS	96	chorus	tenor TTBB	Sing to Yahweh a new song	English
SONG	1	chorus	SATB	Let him kiss me	Hebrew	Song 1
SONG	2:1-7	chorus	SATB	Song, part 1 continued	Hebrew	Song 2a
LAMENTATIONS	1:1-4	chorus	SATB, orchestra or organ + timpani	Aleph	English	May become part of U-L (31) below
QOHELET	3:1-15	chorus	SATB, strings	To everything there is a season	English
PSALMS	6:3	chorus	SATB	Kyrie eleison	Greek	Missa brevis 1
ISAIAH	6:3	chorus	SATB	Sanctus	Latin	Missa brevis 2a
PSALMS	118:25-26	chorus	SATB	Benedictus	Latin	Missa brevis 2b
ISAIAH	53:7,12b	chorus	SATB	Agnus Dei	Latin	Missa brevis 3
GENESIS	1:1-5	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The first day (see playlist) Documented with score here.	Hebrew	Unleashing Leviathan
PSALMS	19:1-7	recit, chorus	soprano, SATB	The heavens recount the glory of God	English	U-L-02
JOB	1:1,19-22	recit, chorus	tenor, SATB	The man from Uz	English	U-L-03
JEREMIAH	20:7	recit	bass, harp	You have seduced me	Hebrew or English	U-L-04
JOB	3:3	recit	tenor, harp	Perish! day when I was born	English	U-L-05
JEREMIAH	20:14-17	duet	bass, harp	Let it be darkness	English	U-L-06
JOB	3:4-8	duet	tenor, harp	Let it be darkness	English	U-L-07
PSALMS	110:1,2, 5-7	chorale	SATB, organ	An oracle	English	U-L-08
GENESIS	1:6-8	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The second day	Hebrew	U-L-09
PROVERBS	8:1-4,22-24,27,29-32, 34-35	aria	soprano, alto, SATB, harp, percussion	Lullaby for an Infant Humanity	English	U-L-10
JOB	38:1-2	chorus	soprano, SATB, harp	And Yahweh answered Job	English	U-L-11
JOB	38:4-7	chorus	SATB, harp	Where were you	English	U-L-12
PSALMS	111:1-3	chorale	SATB, organ	Hallelujah, I will thank Yahweh	English	U-L-13
PSALMS	112:1-3	chorale	SATB, organ	Hallelujah, A happy person fears Yahweh	English	U-L-14
GENESIS	1:9-13	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The third day	Hebrew	U-L-15
PSALMS	24	aria	alto, SATB, harp	The earth	English	U-L-16
JOB	38:1	recit	soprano, harp	And Yahweh answered Job	Hebrew or English	U-L-17
JOB	38:8-11	chorus	SATB, harp	Or who screened in Ocean	English	U-L-18
PSALMS	113	chorale	SATB, organ	Praise, servants of Yahweh	English	U-L-19
GENESIS	1:14-19	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The fourth day	Hebrew	U-L-20
PSALMS	8:4:7	aria	tenor, organ, harp	For I see your heavens	English	U-L-21
JOB	38:31-32	chorus	SATB, organ	The Pleiades, Orion, and the Great Bear	English	U-L-22
PSALMS	115:16	chorus	SATB, organ	The heavens’ heavens	English	U-L-23
GENESIS	1:20-23	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The fifth day	Hebrew	U-L-24
JOB	7:12	chorus	SATB, harp	Am I the sea or a dragon?	English	U-L-25
JOB	40:15-19	chorus	SATB, organ	Behemoth	English	U-L-26
PSALMS	114:1-3a	chorale	SATB, organ	Redemption	English	U-L-27
PSALMS	115:1	chorale	SATB, organ	Not to us, Yahweh	English	U-L-28
GENESIS	1:24-31	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The sixth day	Hebrew	U-L-29
JEREMIAH	4:23-27	duet	soprano bass, harp	I saw the land + Genesis	English and Hebrew	U-L-30
PSALMS	144:3	trio	ATB, harp	What is this humanity + Psalm 8	English	U-L-32
JOB	7:17,19	trio	ATB, harp	What is this humanity + Psalm 8	English	U-L-33
JOB	41	chorus	SATB, harp	Leviathan	English	U-L-34
PSALMS	116	aria	soprano SATB, harp	Yahweh heard	English	U-L-35
GENESIS	2:1-3	recit	soprano, harp, unison chorus	The seventh day	Hebrew	U-L-36
PSALMS	92	aria	alto SATB, harp	to the Sabbath	English	U-L-37
PSALMS	117	aria	soprano SATB, wood block	Praise, all nations	English	U-L-38
PSALMS	150	chorale	SATB, harp, wood block, organ, trumpet, timpani	Praise, all breath-bearing	English	U-L-39