Shimon Cohen
Eight Preludes
for harp
Author :
Shimon Cohen (Composer)
Catalog Number : 6656
Year of writing : 1983
Duration : 18 minutes
Chapters :
- Eccelsiastes
- Genesis - the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
- Genesis - Sacrifice of Issac
- David Plays before Saul
- Isaiah's Vision
- Song of Songs
- Intermezzo
- Vision of Ezekiel's dry bones
About the creation
Eight Preludes for harp, written in 1983, were inspired by selcted subjects from the Bible. The work was derived from the liturgical cantillations (Taamin) as traditionally sung by the different Jewish Communities. The Preludes were first performed in Israel in 1983 by Judith Liber, to whom the work is dedicated.