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	Jephtha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jephtha (יפתח) is a character in the Old Testament who served as one of the Judges in Israel for a period of six years (Judges 12:7) between the conquest of Canaan and the first king.
		Jephtha lived in Gilead and was a member of the Tribe of Manasseh.
		Jephtha (Jephthah) was an oratorio (1751) by Handel based on the story of Jephtha with a libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, following Judges (Chapter 11) and Jephthas sive votum - "Jeptha or the Vow"(1554) by George Buchanan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jephtha (506 words)

	Classical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As the MIT Handel scholar Ellen Harris indicated in her moving pre-Cantata-Singers-concert talk, Handel completed Jephtha's long first act in 12 days, and all but the final chorus of the long second act in 11 days.
		Jephtha was cast out by his half-brothers because of his mother's shady past.
		Baritone David Kravitz was, as usual, excellent in the key secondary role of Zebul, Jephtha's half-brother, and soprano Karyl Ryczek made a brief but glowing appearance as the Angel.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/98/03/26/CLASSICAL.html (745 words)

	Boston Cecilia: Handel's Jephtha, Program Notes
		Alone, Jephtha makes a vow — the central dramatic premise of the oratorio —; that, should he be victorious, the first whom he sees on his return will be sacrificed to God.
		The Bible says that Jephtha was the son of a harlot, and that he was disinherited and sent by his father's legitimate sons into exile, where he earned a reputation as a valorous sort of scoundrel.
		Jephtha suffers the consequences of his attempt to bribe God, and there is no appeal of the verdict.
	www.bostoncecilia.org /prognotes/handel-jephtha.html (1416 words)

	Handel's 'Jephtha' at the London Coliseum, reviewed by Robert Hugill.
		Handel's Jephtha is not an opera, and both he and his librettist, the Rev Thomas Morrell, would probably be rather surprised at the idea of staging it.
		Jephtha, and its immediate predecessor Theodora, are more contemplative, examining the nature of religion, choice and death.
		It is certainly significant that Handel was approaching the end of his life; he had already had a number of strokes and had to abandon the writing of Jephtha because he lost the sight in his eyes.
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2005/06/jephtha1.htm (447 words)

	Mennonite Life - December 2000 - Reinhild Janzen article
		Indeed, Jephtha's rash vow and the sacrifice of his own daughter is hardly the subject of Mennonite sermons at the turn of the 2nd millennium.
		For example in the concordantia caritatis, which aimed at aiding clerics in the preparation of homilies, the lament of the daughters of Israel over Jephtha's daughter (Judges 11: 40) is paired analogously with the lament of the women under the cross (Luke 23: 27), and the lament over Josias (2.
		Kurt Weitzmann, "The Jephtha Panel in the Bema of the Church of St. Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 1964, 341-342.
	www.bethelks.edu /mennonitelife/2000dec/reinhild_janzen_article.html (7775 words)

	Handel Jephtha Brilliant Clasics[RH]: Classical CD Reviews- July 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Creating the role of Storge, Jephtha's wife, so that she is the only person to have doubts about Jephtha's vow.
		Jephtha's daughter, Iphis, acquires a boyfriend and their devotion forms a counterpoint to Jephtha's vow, rendering it all the more poignant.
		Perhaps because the ending was not the key to his dramatic conception of 'Jephtha' and we must look at Handel’s private circumstances at the time of composition if we wish to understand how Handel viewed ‘Jephtha’.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/Aug03/Handel_Jephtha.htm (1320 words)

	Concert Choir Performs 'Jephtha'
		The oratorio is preceded on the concert program by the orchestra's presentation of a Suite in D major drawn from Handel's "Water Music," which includes the famous "Hornpipe," featuring the horns and trumpets.
		"Jephtha," Handel's last oratorio, was written in 1751 and first performed the following year.
		Its language is based largely on the Old Testament story found in Judges 11 in which Jephtha leads the Israelites into a battle which frees them from the oppressive Ammonites.
	www.denison.edu /publicaffairs/pressreleases/jephtha.html (515 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Jephtha [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Template:Book of Judges Jephtha יפתח -- one of the so called 'Judges' in Israel between the conquest of Canaan and the first king.
		He is recalled in the New Testament (Hebrews 11:32) as an example of a man of faith, because of his vow to give his daughter to God, which has been the subject of many debates among readers.
		Jephtha (Jephthah) -- an oratorio (1751) by Handel based on the story of Jephtha with a libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, following Judges (Chapter 11) and "Jephthas sive votum" - "Jeptha or the Vow"(1554) by G. Buchanan.
	encyclozine.com /Jephthah (414 words)

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		If Jephtha is to be truly dramatic, its first half must reek of morally and spiritually nauseating hubris, for only then can Jephtha’s fall convince and the chorus’s cry of “Whatever is is Right”, an implacable statement of eighteenth-century Christian Stoicism, provide its stark lesson on the nature of suffering.
		It is Jephtha’s false understanding of the will of God which propels the story, and that this does not come across strongly enough is a key blemish in an otherwise fine performance by Nicholas McGegan and his musicians.
		Ainsley’s and McGegan’s representation of Jephtha as an old campaigner recounting his deeds of derring-do in ‘His mighty Arm’ are entirely persuasive.
	gfhandel.org /reviews/hwv070goettingen.htm (718 words)

	Jephtha - compelling psychological drama
		Jephtha tells the tale of the warrior who promises to sacrifice the first person he sees if he returns from war victorious; he sees first his daughter.
		The innocence of "Tune the soft melodious lute" was complete; the chirpy welcome-home extended to Jephtha poignant, the resigned "Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods" piercing.
		John Osborn's performance of Zebul, Jephtha's brother was only adequate, however, while Frank Hoffmeister's portrayal of Jephtha disappointing.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V105/N51/cantat.51a.html (666 words)

	G.F. Handel: Jephtha
		PART I. --The Israelites, who for their idolatry had been oppressed by the Ammonites for eighteen years, become repentant, and invite Jephtha, a son of Gilead, to be their Captain in the war with their enemies.
		Zebul celebrates the happiness resulting from the triumph that had been gained, and is joined by Jephtha, who commends the valour of his chiefs, but piously ascribes the glory of the event to God, --whose Omniscience and omnipotence are celebrated by a chorus of the people.
		Jephtha is then met by his daughter and a train of virgins, who welcome his return with music and dancing.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /humm/Courses/HebBib/Resources/jephtha.html (2510 words)

	Westminster Abbey - Handel Jephtha, Fri 18 June
		The choir stands to sing one of the choruses in Jephtha, conducted by James O’Donnell and accompanied by St James’s Baroque
		Handel’s last oratorio, Jephtha, written in 1751 as the composer’s health was failing was both moving and magnificent against the background of the Nave of Westminster Abbey.
		Performed by Westminster Abbey Choir and St James’s Baroque under the direction of James O’Donnell, the concert on Friday 18th June was one of the highlights of this year’s Lufthansa Festival of Baroque music.
	www.westminster-abbey.org /press/archives/040618_jephtha.htm (137 words)

	Jephtha - Art History Online Reference and Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is likely that this was a practice of dedicating women to virginity, but some have believed he really sacrificed her as an offering.
		The story is remembered for the killing of the fugitive Ephraimites who were identified by their accent; they'd say the Hebrew word shibboleth as sibboleth.
		Jephtha (Jephthah) was an oratorio (1751) by Handel based on the story of Jephtha with a libretto by the Rev. Thomas Morell, following Judges (Chapter 11) and "Jephthas sive votum" - "Jeptha or the Vow"(1554) by G. Buchanan.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Jephthah (496 words)

	NPNF210. Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters (iv.i.iv.xii)
		Lastly, the daughter of Jephtha is compared with the two Pythagoreans and is placed before them.
		The vow taken by Jephtha is condemned, and so are all others which God does not desire to have paid to Him.
		I cannot blame the man for holding it necessary to fulfil his vow, but yet it was a wretched necessity which could only be solved by the death of his child.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf210.iv.i.iv.xii.html (1114 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Oratorio
		His oratorio "Jephtha" (in an arrangement by Dr. Immanuel Faisst) was performed successfully at Leipzig as recently as 1873.
		The most productive period of his life was spent in England, and, after having cultivated the opera for a number of years, he finally turned to the oratorio, producing a series of works ("The Messiah", "Israel in Egypt", "Saul", "Jephtha", "Belshazar", "Samson" etc.) unrivalled for heroic grandeur and brilliancy.
		It may be said that they express the national religious ideal of a Protestant Christian people more adequately than does their form of worship.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11270a.htm (1742 words)

	Handel, ‘Jephtha’ English National Opera: dir. Nicholas Kraemer, 12 May 2005 (ME) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Of the new members of the cast, Neal Davies was an efficiently blustery Zebul, although his placing on stage often rendered his pronouncements less striking than they needed to be.
		However, he sang his music with commitment and he was touching in his comfort to the afflicted hero, another lovely stage picture being created when he shares what he thinks is Jephtha’s joy on being greeted by Iphis.
		This style of production was spectacularly successful in, for example, ENO’s ‘Xerxes,’ where the singers’ needs were paramount yet the overall production was witty, original and gave that elusive sense of being a complete dramatic whole.
	www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2005/Jan-Jun05/handel1205.htm (623 words)

	Jephtha Audio Production Services - Downloads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		MP3 2.0 MB 24E basic tracks were recorded live at SonikWire studios in Costa Mesa, then overdubbed and mixed at Jephtha.
		MP3 1.8 MB 60 second radio spot, recorded and mixed at Jephtha.
	www.nctimes.net /~jephtha/05_downloads/05downloads.html (208 words)

	Jephtha, London - Whats On in London
		Jephtha (1751) was his last, but also one of the best, although now rarely performed.
		Thomas Morell, Handel's librettist, may have softened the biblical story by having an angel (Sarah-Jane Davies) hold back Jephtha's sacrificial blow, but Iphis has to leave her love, Hamor (Robin Blaze) and devote the rest of her life to God.
		The rest of the cast includes Susan Bickely as Storgè, Jephtha's wife and Iphis' mother, and Neal Davies as Jephtha's brother, Zebul.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /whats_on_110861.html (273 words)

	Index
		But Handel triumphed with the Occasional Oratorio written in 1746 ‘to encourage the English resistance’ to the Stuarts, and Judas Maccabaeus written in 1747 to celebrate the Battle of Culloden.
		In 1748 Handel submitted to three cataract operations after completing the last act of Jephtha in an unsuccessful attempt to stem his worsening blindness.
		His last seven years were spent mostly in solitude and contemplation.
	www.sarasotachoralsociety.org /Handel.htm (820 words)

	Choral Society of Durham 2005-2006 concerts
		Handel’s last major work, written as the aging composer was losing his sight, is based on the Old Testament story of Jephtha, a great warrior called upon by the people of Israel to lead them in battle against the Ammonites.
		Jephtha vows that if he is victorious, he will sacrifice to the Lord the first person he sees on his return from battle — only to be met by his beloved daughter.
		The composer brought to bear all his experience in music and life to create this late masterpiece.
	www.choral-society.org /concerts.html (532 words)

	GEORGE FREDERIC HAENDEL - JEPHTHA CD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I have been listening to Jephtha and Samson quite extensively, and I must say that these two recordings are truly impressive.
		First, the cast of soloists is an absolutely superb assembly of historically-informed performers.
		These are performances to be treasured and are of the highest caliber of historically-informed practice.
	www.121music.com /pages/cd102/info.htm (348 words)

	Chapter JEPHTHA <i>to</i> JUDGES of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha
		Chapter JEPHTHA to JUDGES of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha
		JEPHTHA.—O Jephtha, judge of Israel,—what a treasure hadst thou!
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	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/265/1541/21768/1.html (239 words)

	Jephtha Tickets
		A work of great psychological power, Jephtha's story is based on a plot from the Book of Judges in the Bible.
		Jephtha pledges that if his army is victorious, he will sacrifice the first living creature he encounters on his return.
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	www.ents24.com /web/event/963480/Jephtha.html (124 words)

	GEORGE F. HAENDEL - JEPHTHA CD - 121 MUSIC.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A concert recording from the convent church in Maulbronn (1998) in English, performed in an historical setting
		Jephtha, His mighty arm, with sudden blow, dispers'd
		CD 2 - ACT II Chorus of Priests, Doubtful fear and reverend awe
	www.121music.com /pages/cd102/jephtha.html (54 words)

	Sheet Music publication - Handel Jephtha 1752 Ms
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	VARIATIONS Sound Recording abd3448 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jephtha / George Frideric Handel.
		It must be so: or these vile Ammonites
		'Twill be a painful separation, Jephtha - In gentel murmurs will I mourn
	www.dlib.indiana.edu /variations/html/abd3448.html (268 words)

	Haendel: JEPHTHA - libretto
		If with repentant hearts we sue for mercy.
		Dear, though great Jephtha were to honour me
		So are they blest who fear the Lord.
	www.karadar.it /Librettos/handel_JEPHTHA.html (728 words)

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		Air (Jephtha): Virtue my soul shall still embrace
		Recitative (Zebul, Jephtha): Such, Jephtha, was the haughty king's reply
		Quartet (Storge, Hamor, Jephtha, Zebul): O spare your daughter!
	www.geocities.com /topmusic_2/trax/trx_4700418.htm (1384 words)

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