JUDAS AND PETER

• Main Author: Rayback, Jonathan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2014
• Subjects: music; Judas Iscariot; Peter; electronic accompaniment; amplified voices; Orca
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/509; https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/jur/article/2848/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

The project for which I received a grant from ORCA consisted of composing a cantata for amplified voices and electronic accompaniment relating the story of the fall of Judas Iscariot. Initially my intention was to produce this piece with the aid of the MAX interactive programming environment as well as a Macintosh Quadra 800 computer, a variety of synthesizer modules, and Performer sequencing software. The text for this work was to be drawn from the following passages of the Bible: Matthew 26:14-16; 27:3-5; Mark 14:10-11; Luke 22:3-6, 47-48; John 6:70-71; 12:4-6; 13:1-2, 18-30; Acts 1:15-20. The expressive goal of this work was to convey the idea that Judas’ betrayal came as a result of self-deception and was more a sin against himself than against God.