Death Set to Music: Masterworks by Bach, Brahms, Penderecki, Bernstein by Minear, Paul S - 1987

Atlanta, GA: John Knox Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear overall but pages are otherwise clear.). Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; gold dj with black lettering; mylar cover; 173 pp. Contains the librettos for the works with English translations Contents: Prelude -- The baseline of Christian thought -- Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion ; An interpretation of the Matthean Passion -- Johannes Brahms: A German requiem ; A requiem for humankind -- Krzysztof Penderecki: St. Luke Passion ; An interpretation of the Lucan Passion -- Leonard Bernstein: Mass ; Mass: a cry for peace -- Postlude.