{"id":40035,"date":"2017-06-11T06:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T10:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=40035"},"modified":"2017-06-08T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T17:03:26","slug":"the-green-pastures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2017\/06\/the-green-pastures.html","title":{"rendered":"The Green Pastures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

When I mentioned in my course on the Bible and music that one of my favorite composers is Erich Wolfgang Korngold, this led a student to express interest in doing research related to his music.\u00a0My initial reaction was to find myself unable to find much in the way of direct connection to the Bible. But then I\u00a0was reminded that Korngold provided some music for the movie\u00a0The Green Pastures<\/a><\/em>, based on the dramatization by the same name<\/a> of the book\u00a0 Ol\u2019 Man Adam an\u2019 His Chillun<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>by Roark Bradford. This is presented as a collection of African-American folk retellings of Biblical stories<\/a>. Here is a snippet of Korngold\u2019s music for the film:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2qFWtK3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">watch the movie through\u00a0Amazon video<\/a>.\u00a0I was in turn also\u00a0reminded about this incident from Korngold\u2019s life associated with his work on that film score:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Pastures-Rex-Ingram\/dp\/B06Y139PMJ\/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1495221730&sr=1-2&keywords=green+pastures&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=676891ba3bef800951068f96291c7ad7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B06Y139PMJ&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B06Y139PMJ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">Green Pastures, an interpretation of biblical stories seen through the eyes of children, had an all black cast. Also under production at Warner Brothers, they asked Erich to supply a few orchestral passages. While doing this, Erich became acquainted with Hall Johnson, arranger of the Negro spirituals. Hall, who was also a Doctor of Music, spoke fluent German. Erich enjoyed the company of Hall and Rex Ingram, who played the part of God. Questioning why the two never joined him in the executive dining room, the Green Room, Korngold was finally told that all blacks had to\u00a0eat in the studio cafeteria. He left the Green Room, shouting on his way out that he was going to the cafeteria to eat with God! Erich enjoyed working on the film with them, and refused to accept payment or to allow his name on the credits. He did not want to shadow Hall Johnson\u2019s work in any way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2mDT3Y4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Korngold biography <em>The Last Prodigy<\/em><\/a>, from which the above quote is taken, as well as in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryvillecollege.edu\/media\/dsx\/manager\/Documents\/Academics\/SeniorStudy\/Bonnie_Finn-senior_study.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Bonnie Finn\u2019s study<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Nqwo0BNa08\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/04\/korngold-passover-psalm.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Korngold \u2013 Passover Psalm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cKorngold \u2013 Passover Psalm\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/04\/korngold-passover-psalm.html\/embed#?secret=uI4C3nc21O#?secret=Nqwo0BNa08\" data-secret=\"Nqwo0BNa08\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Last-Prodigy-Biography-Wolfgang-Korngold\/dp\/1574670298\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=c37e5f5686729f9e039dd52cfd327a07\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1574670298&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=1574670298\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Markevitch-Tehillim-Zemlinsky-Korngold-Passover\/dp\/B002X1JIMA\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1489416957&sr=8-1&keywords=korngold+passover+psalm&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=c802e7b38232ad2d6aac7f9d29649d95\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B002X1JIMA&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B002X1JIMA\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Pastures-Rex-Ingram\/dp\/B06Y139PMJ\/ref=as_li_ss_il?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1495221730&sr=1-2&keywords=green+pastures&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=676891ba3bef800951068f96291c7ad7\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B06Y139PMJ&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B06Y139PMJ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=ujasqkHefIMC&lpg=PA238&dq=korngold%20biblical%20text%20music&pg=PA238&output=embed\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I mentioned in my course on the Bible and music that one of my favorite composers is Erich Wolfgang Korngold, this led a student to express interest in doing research related to his music.\u00a0My initial reaction was to find myself unable to find much in the way of direct connection to the Bible. 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