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Judith (play)
Judith may refer to: Given name * Judith (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters Bible * Book of Judith, a deuterocanonical book of the Old Testament ** Judith (homily), an Old English homily written by Aelfric of Eynsham around 1000 Art * ''Judith'' (Giorgione), a painting by the Italian painter Giorgione, circa 1504 * ''Judith'' (Vouet, Munich), a c.1620–1625 painting by Simon Vouet * ''Judith'' (Vouet, Vienna), a 1620–1622 painting by Simon Vouet * '' Judith I'', a 1901 painting by Gustav Klimt Poems * "Judith" (poem), an Old English poem about the heroine of the Book of Judith * "Judith", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1972 book '' Seventh Heaven'' Novels * ''Judith'' (novel), a 1978 novel by British author Brian Cleeve * ''Judith'', a 1978 novel by Aritha Van Herk * ''Judith'', a 1986 novel by Nicholas Mosley Theatre * ''Judith'' (Hebbel), an 1841 tragic play by Friedrich Hebbel about the Biblical heroine * ''Judith'' (Giraudoux), a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (given Name)
Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew language, Hebrew name יְהוּדִית or ''Yehudit'', meaning "woman of Judea". Judith (Hebrew Bible), Judith appeared in the Old Testament as one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical Book of Judith deals with a different Judith. It is in common usage in English language, English, French language, French, German language, German, many North Germanic languages, Scandinavian languages, Dutch language, Dutch, and Hebrew language, Hebrew. In Eritrea it is called Yodit. The name was among the top 50 most popular given names for girls born in the United States between 1936–1956, but its popularity has since declined. It was the 893rd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2012, down from 74th in 1960. Name variants Alternative forms of the name Judith include: *يهوديت Yahudit (Arabic language, Arabic) *Giuditta (Italian language, Italian) *הודעס ''Hudes'' (Yiddish language, Yiddish) *I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (1923 Film)
''Judith'' is a 1923 Dutch silent film directed by Theo Frenkel. Cast * Helena Makowska - Gravin Judith * E. Paul - Graaf Robert de Bertan * Adolf Klein - Markies Emile de Fers * Claire Rommer - Louise * Ernst Rückert - Baron Gaston de Noel * Heinz Salfner - Charles Delcourt * Theo Mann-Bouwmeester - Charles Delcourts moeder * Olga Limburg - Olga Tatschowa * Oscar Marion - Dr. George Delcourt * Julie Meijer Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ... - (as Julie Frenkel) External links * 1923 films Dutch silent feature films Dutch black-and-white films Films directed by Theo Frenkel {{Netherlands-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith River
The Judith River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 124 mi (200 km) long, running through central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Little Belt Mountains and flows northeast past Utica and Hobson. It is joined by Dry Wolf Creek in northern Fergus County, and itself joins the Missouri in the White Cliffs Area approximately 18 mi (29 km) northwest of Winifred. The river gives its name to the Judith River Group of the late Cretaceous, a notable area for excavation of dinosaur fossils that stretches from Montana into southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The river was named by William Clark. William Clark came across a stream which he considered particularly clear and pretty, and named it the Judith River, in honor of his cousin Julia Hancock. It is also known for its large amount of Cretaceous dinosaur fossils, including those of ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Styracosaurus'' and ''Edmontosaurus''. The Judith is a Class I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
664 Judith
664 Judith is a minor planet orbiting the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi .... It was named after the biblical character Judith. References External links * * 000664 Discoveries by August Kopff Named minor planets 000664 19080624 {{beltasteroid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (Pat Boone Song)
"Judith" is a 1966 song written by Sol Kaplan and Earl Shuman, known in the instrumental version as "Judith (Love Theme From Judith)" for the 1966 film of the same title starring Sophia Loren.Saturday Review - Volume 49, Part 1 - Page 70 1966 Judith: The original motion picture score, Sol Kaplan's music for this adventure-drama set in Israel is somewhat reminiscent (Exodus re- composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan. visited, so to say), but consistently attractive all the same. It was a best selling single for Pat Boone, with lyrics beginning "Judith, you are the twilight..". Other versions were recorded by Ferrante and Teicher 1966, The Golden Voices, Hugo Montenegro Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti Westerns, especially his cover version of Ennio M ... and his orchestra, Jimmy Sedlar and orchestra. References {{au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (A Perfect Circle Song)
"Judith" is a song by American rock band A Perfect Circle. It was released as the lead single from their debut album, ''Mer de Noms''. The single was released as a 1-track compact disc single in North America, and a 4-track single on both disc and vinyl format in Australia. Background Maynard Keenan explains on the ''Amotion'' DVD how the song is about his mother Judith Marie Keenan, who had a stroke and was reliant on a wheelchair for the rest of her life, yet still believed in Christianity. Composition "Judith" features guitar riffs sliding over complex rhythms and breakdowns. The song's lyrics are deeply personal and express palpable anger. They touch on Maynard's mother, who became reliant on a wheelchair following a stroke, and have him conveying incredulity that she could still maintain her belief in God despite her suffering. Music video The music video for Judith was directed by David Fincher, the director of ''Fight Club'', '' Se7en'', and music videos for Aerosmith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (Matthus)
''Judith'' is an opera in two acts by Siegfried Matthus with a libretto by the composer based on Friedrich Hebbel's '' Judith'' and texts from the Old Testament. The premiere was on 28 September 1985 at the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Harry Kupfer. It was recorded in a studio production. History The composer Siegfried Matthus was pointed to Friedrich Hebbel's '' Judith'', a tragedy written in 1840, by stage director Harry Kupfer. Matthus wrote the libretto, also using some texts from the Old Testament, such as Psalm 115, Psalm 135, Psalm 72, Psalm 104 and verses from the Song of Songs. Hebbel's tragedy is based on the Book of Judith. At the same time Matthus composed ''Holofernes-Porträt'' for baritone and orchestra, which was premiered in 1981 during the opening week of the new Gewandhaus, with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and conductor Kurt Masur. Matthus transferred parts of the composition to his opera, which he composed from 1980 to 1984. ''Judith'' was planned for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (album)
''Judith'' is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded ''Judith'' three years after her precedent album ''True Stories and Other Dreams'', having been focused during the interim on producing ''Antonia: a Portrait of the Woman'' a documentary about Antonia Brico. Peaking at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart, ''Judith'' became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, ''Judith'' would be certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies. Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's " Send in the Clowns". Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album. The single peaked at No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (Serov)
''Judith'' (russian: Юдифь, translit=Yudíf – stress on second syllable) is an opera in five acts, composed by Alexander Serov during 1861–1863. Derived from renditions of the story of Judith from the Old Testament Apocrypha, the Russian libretto, though credited to the composer, has a complicated history. The premiere took place in 1863 in Saint Petersburg. This stage debut, supplemented with his next opera ''Rogneda'', made Serov the most important Russian opera composer of the 1860s. Composition history The Italian play ''Giuditta'' by Paolo Giacometti, produced in Saint Petersburg in 1860, first inspired the Serov to work on the project as a vehicle for the Italian opera troupe in Saint Petersburg. Using Serov's scenario, Ivan Antonovich Giustiniani wrote a libretto in Italian. When an Italian production of the proposed opera proved legally impossible, the Italian libretto was translated into Russian by Konstantin Zvantsov and Dmitry Lobanov, and some verses were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Parry
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 18487 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill in Bournemouth, Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", his 1902 setting for the coronation anthem "I was glad", the choral and orchestral ode '' Blest Pair of Sirens'', and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind". His orchestral works include five symphonies and a set of Symphonic Variations. He also composed the music for ''Ode to Newfoundland'', the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial anthem (and former national anthem). After early attempts to work in insurance at his father's behest, Parry was taken up by George Grove, first as a contributor to Grove's massive '' Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' in the 1870s and '80s, and then in 1883 as professor of composition and musical history at the Royal College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (oratorio)
''Judith'' is an oratorio composed by Thomas Arne with words by the librettist, Isaac Bickerstaffe. It was first performed on 27 February 1761 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Drury Lane Theatre. It depicts the story of Judith, taken from the Book of Judith of the Old Testament. It was first published in 1761 and republished with edits in 1764. The piece is divided into three acts, with a total of 28 Movement (music), movements including nine chorus (song), choruses, two duets, an overture, and 16 arias. Background and context This piece was composed for Drury Lane during Lent in 1761. Most musicologists during Arne's time dismissed ''Judith'' as insubstantial compared to the oratorios of Handel. The Air (music), airs and chorus (song), choruses both were criticized and praised equally: the choruses were a disappointment in comparison to the great force of those in Handel, Handel's works, but were still thought of as deserving praise among the hierarchy of Choral composition, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien De Brossard
Sébastien de Brossard, pronounced e.bɑs.tjẽ də brɔ.saːr (12 September 1655 – 10 August 1730) was a French music theorist, composer and collector. Life Brossard was born in Dompierre, Orne. After studying philosophy and theology at Caen, he studied music and established himself in Paris in 1678 and remained there until 1687. He briefly was the private tutor of the young son of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, a collector and bibliophile. He became a very close friend to Étienne Loulié, one of the musicians who performed the Italianate works that Marc-Antoine Charpentier was composing for Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise, better known as "Mademoiselle de Guise." While in Paris, he also became close to Samuel Morland, an English inventor and polymath who was working with Joseph Sauveur, a mathematician, on the Machine de Marly. It was during talks about music with Morland that Brossard deduced the role that a major third versus a minor third play in differentiating a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
