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Jim Davila mentioned this piece<\/a>, \u201cFrom Sorrowing Earth\u201d<\/a> by Nigel Butterley, on his blog<\/a> recently, indicating that the composer was inspired to write another piece, \u201cIn the Head the Fire,\u201d<\/a> by the War Scroll from Qumran. I have not tracked down a recording of the latter piece \u2013 if anyone can point me in the right direction, I\u2019d be grateful, as I am very interested<\/a> in compositions that set extracanonical\u00a0texts to music<\/a>, as Rodrigo did\u00a0with other Qumran texts, Holst did with the Hymn of Jesus<\/a>, and Hovhaness did with a few of the Odes of Solomon.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Davila mentioned this piece, \u201cFrom Sorrowing Earth\u201d by Nigel Butterley, on his blog recently, indicating that the composer was inspired to write another piece, \u201cIn the Head the Fire,\u201d by the War Scroll from Qumran. 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