published by Rowman &
Littlefield…
ECHOES FROM
Meditations on Franz
Joseph Haydn’s
The Seven
Last Words of Christ
edited by
Richard Young
In 1786 Franz Joseph Haydn wrote what he
considered to be his greatest composition, The
Seven Last Words of Christ.
Today it continues to provide musical and spiritual nourishment for
millions through a format that links its seven main movements to spoken
meditations on Jesus’ seven final utterances.
The Vermeer String Quartet, in dozens of
performances of this Good Friday masterpiece throughout the world, has been
joined by scores of speakers, including some of the most important religious
figures of our time. Here are
meditations by more than sixty of them, in a collection that also includes
in-depth essays that view this theme from various perspectives: Martin E. Marty
(theological), Grover A. Zinn (historical), Jean Bethke Elshtain (ethical), and
Richard Young (musical).
Two CDs are packaged with this book. CD-1 is a complete performance of The Seven Last Words of Christ by the
Vermeer Quartet – different from their Grammy-nominated recording from
Alden Productions. This version
includes spoken introductions by Dick Staub, Addie L. Wyatt, Grover A. Zinn,
John M. Buchanan, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., John Shea, Jean Bethke Elshtain,
Andrew M. Greeley, and Samuel Betances.
CD-2 consists of brief recorded examples which illustrate the section of
the book entitled The Words and the Music
– a detailed discussion by the Vermeer’s Richard Young of how
Haydn’s music relates to the scripture texts that inspired it.
Besides offering many hours of spiritual
reflection and devotion, this volume demonstrates how music – as an art,
a craft, a science, and a metaphor – can provide the basis for challenging
theological, philosophical, metaphysical, and ethical discourse.
Contributing authors to ECHOES FROM CALVARY
Pastor T.L. Barrett
Dr. Samuel Betances
Pandit Ashok G. Bhatt
Tomás Bissonnette
Rev. Dr. Alison Boden
Bishop Arthur M. Brazier
Father Frank Brennan
S.J., A.O.
Father Raymond E. Brown
Dr. John M. Buchanan
Dr. Camilla Burns, S.N.D.
de N.
Rev. Dr. Joan Brown
Rev. Kelly Clem
Rev. Tim Costello
Rev. Willie Cusic
Rev. Gregory Dell
Father Virgil P. Elizondo
Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain
Francis Cardinal George,
O.M.I.
Rabbi
Rev. Professor Peter J.
Gomes
Mary Gonzales
Evangelist Billy Graham
Father Andrew M. Greeley
Stan Guthrie
Rev. Yvonne D. Hawkins
Rabbi Daniel Isaak
Marc Johnson
Very Rev. Father Demetri
C. Kantzavelos
Rev. Jarrett Kerbel
Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.
Rabbi Peter S. Knobel
Dr. Robert Ludwig
Pastor B. Herbert Martin
Sr.
Dr. Martin E. Marty
Rev. Landis H. McAlpin
Dr. Dorothy McRae-McMahon
Dr. Gilbert C. Meilaender
Jr.
Father Gary Miller
Rev. Leroy A. Mitchell
Father James Murray
David Neff
Professor Mark A. Noll
Dr. Dallin H. Oaks
Rev. John C. Ortberg Jr.
Rev. Donald L. Parson
Rev. Michael L. Pfleger
Dr. John Shea
Rev. Steven Shoemaker
Rita Simó
Rev. William B. Spofford
Dick Staub
Dr. Elizabeth-Anne
Stewart
Rev. Rachel Thompson
Dr. Edgar T. Thornton
Sister Evelyn B.
Varboncoeur, S.S.C.M.
Rev. Allan B. Warren III
Bishop Rembert G.
Weakland, O.S.B.
Rev. Dr. Vincent L.
Wimbush
Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright
Jr.
Rev. Addie L. Wyatt
Don Wycliff
Rev. Seiichi Michael
Yasutake
Richard Young
Dr. Grover A. Zinn
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