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Four Biblical Dances |
The composer has preceded each movement by the following quotations from the Bible:
1. Daviduv tanec pred archou umluvy
"And David danced before all the house of Israel with all his might; and
David was girded with a linen ephod.
And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with
shouting and with the sound of the trumpet."
(Samuel, Chapter 6, verses 14-15)
2. Tanec Sulamit
"Dance, dance maid of Shulam, let us watch you as you dance."
(Song of Songs, Chapter 6, verse 13)
3. Tanec Jeftovy Dcery
"When Jephta returned to his home in Triumph, who should come out to
meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of Tambourines."
(Judges, Chapter 11, verse 34)
4. Svatba v Kani
"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee."
(John, Chapter 2, verse 1)