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2 unusual facts about Abraham and Isaac


Abraham and Isaac

Abraham and Isaac (Stravinsky), Igor Stravinsky's 1963 sacred ballad for baritone and orchestra; see List of compositions by Igor Stravinsky

Binding of Isaac, a Judaeo-Christian story where God orders Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac


Robert Craft

Craft also led the world premieres of Stravinsky's later masterpieces; Vom Himmel hoch, Agon, The Flood, Abraham and Isaac, Variations, Introitus, and Requiem Canticles.


see also

Five Canticles

Also titled "Abraham and Isaac" and numbered opus 51, this piece was written in 1952 for Peter Pears, Kathleen Ferrier and Britten to perform as a fundraiser for the English Opera Group.

László Z. Bitó

His third novel, based on Biblical stories, "Abraham and Isaac" brought him literary success in 1998.