The Passion of Yeshua (Part I-[II]) (2017) (Short Score in the Composer's Manuscript, for Perusal Only). Autograph musical manuscript of the complete work for SATB Chorus and orchestra. Together with photocopies of both parts with autograph corrections by DANIELPOUR, Richard b. 1956

AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT
2 volumes. Oblong folio. With text and musical notation in pencil throughout on 10-stave "Lean Kat Music" music manuscript paper.

Signed "R. Danielpour" and dated 2016 at upper right corner of page one on both parts and with "Thanks be to God, Oct 27, 2016, N.Y.C." at conclusion of Part II.

With "Copyright © 2016 by Lean Kat Music twice to foot of page 1 of Part I, the second with "(BMI)" added, and "Copyright © 2016 by Lean Kat Music, All Rights Reserved (BMI)" to foot of page one of Part II

Part I:
1f. (recto title printed on coated paper, verso blank), 1f. (recto printed title, verso cast and orchestration) 95 leaves notated on one side of the leaf only + 1 blank leaf. With "(Original)" in Danielpour's autograph at foot of first title.

Part II:
1f. (recto title printed on coated paper, verso blank), 1f. (recto printed title, verso cast list and orchestration), 127 leaves notated on one side of the leaf only.

With numerous detailed performance directions, corrections, and alterations in the composer's hand throughout.

Cast
"Narrator/Talmuda: High Lyric Baritone; Yeshua: Bass Baritone; Miryam Magdala: Soprano; Miryam, the mother of Yeshua: Mezzo-Soprano; Kefa/Pilate: Tenor; Kayafa: Bass (from the chorus); and SATB Chorus (minimum 100 singers, suggested 120 singers)"

Orchestra
2 flutes, 1 oboe, 1 English horn, 2 clarinets in B flat, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones (2 tenor, 1 bass), timpani, percussion (3 players), piano/celesta, harp, and strings (minimum 8,8,6,6,5, suggested 12, 10, 8, 8, 6).



PHOTOCOPY WITH AUTOGRAPH CORRECTIONS
2 volumes. Oblong folio.

With extensive autograph corrections, deletions, etc. in lead and red pencil and in red ink to both text and notation throughout, constituting, in effect, a revision of the first draft of the work described above.

Part I:
1f. (recto title printed on coated paper, verso blank), 1f. (recto printed title, verso cast list and orchestration), 95 leaves notated on one side of the leaf only + 1 blank leaf.

Part II:
1f. (recto title printed on coated paper, verso blank), 1f. (recto printed title, verso cast and orchestration), 127 leaves notated on one side of the leaf only. With "Xerox Copy" in Danielpour's autograph at foot of first title. Winner of a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance, 2021, for a recording of the work with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta featuring soloists Hila Plitmann, Matthew Worth, Kenneth Overton, J'Nai Bridges, Timothy Fallon, James K. Bass, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (Naxos 636943988527).

"The Passion of Yeshua is an intensely personal telling of the final hours of Christ on Earth, and in Richard Danielpour's vision, the work beautifully incorporates the Jewish faith and the cadence of the Hebrew language into music of extraordinary beauty. The Passion encompasses passages of glowing spirituality, of nervous unrest, of suffering, love and future redemption. The choruses are overwhelming in their intensity - from the swinging celebration of Passover, to the denunciations of the angry mob, the unforgettable benediction of forgiveness, and peace.

Richard's gift for writing for voice, and for the astonishing colors of his orchestration, will make this work a classic for all time." JoAnn Falletta, conductor, Naxos website

"Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour has established himself as one of the most gifted and sought-after composers of his generation. His music has attracted an international and illustrious array of champions, and, as a devoted mentor and educator, he has also had a significant impact on the younger generation of composers. His list of commissions includes celebrated artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Dawn Upshaw, Emanuel Ax, Gil Shaham, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Gary Graffman, Anthony McGill, the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, the Guarneri and Emerson String Quartets, the New York City and Pacific Northwest Ballets, and institutions such as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Mariinsky and Vienna Chamber Orchestras, the Orchestre National de France, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and many more. With Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Danielpour created Margaret Garner, his first opera, which premiered in 2005 and had a second production with the New York City Opera. He has received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Fellowship, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, the Joseph H. Bearns Prize from Columbia University, and fellowships and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Copland House, and the American Academies in Berlin and Rome. He served on the composition faculty of the Manhattan School of Music from 1993 to 2017. Danielpour recently relocated to Los Angeles where he has accepted the position of professor of music at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. He is also a member of the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music where he has taught since 1997. Danielpour has a vast discography, and many of his recordings can be found on the Naxos and Sony Classical labels. Danielpour's music is published by Lean Kat Music and Associated Music Publishers." Naxos website

"Like many American composers of his generation, Danielpour has largely divorced himself from serial techniques, which were important to early works such as the First String Quartet (1983). With First Light (1988), he found a new, distinctly American voice. He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music, including vocal works in both genres. Although he is often described as a neo-romantic, his musical language is broadly based and widely varied ... In his vocal works, which display pristine idiomatic writing, he has collaborated increasingly with living poets. Many of his instrumental works are given evocative titles that refer to extra-musical sources." Laurie Shulman in Grove Music Online.