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Do not fill this in! ===Music=== [[File:Stamp of Israel - Festivals 5721 - 0.25IL (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.65|David on an [[Stamps of Israel|Israeli stamp]]]] *The traditional birthday song [[Las Mañanitas]] mentions King David as the original singer in its lyrics. *'''1622''' [[Thomas Tomkins]]'s choral [[anthem]] "When David Heard", about David's response to the death of his son [[Absalom]], is published in the anthology ''Songs of 1622''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Thomas Tomkins: The Last Elizabethan|isbn=9781351539166|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|editor=Anthony Boden|chapter=Awfull Majestie|date=5 July 2017 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iMxDwAAQBAJ&dq=when+david+heard+thomas+tomkins&pg=PT131}}</ref> *'''1738''' [[George Frideric Handel]]'s oratorio ''[[Saul (Handel)|Saul]]'' features David as one of its main characters.<ref name= "Handel Institute">{{cite web|title=G. F. Handel's Compositions |url= http://www.gfhandel.org/43to100.html|publisher= The Handel Institute|access-date=28 September 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130924012912/http://gfhandel.org/43to100.html |archive-date= 24 September 2013}}</ref> *'''1921''' [[Arthur Honegger]]'s oratorio ''[[Le roi David (Honegger)|Le Roi David]]'' with a libretto by [[René Morax]], instantly became a staple of the choral repertoire. *'''1954''' [[Darius Milhaud]]'s opera ''[[David (Milhaud)|David]]'' premieres in Jerusalem in celebration of the 3,000th anniversary of the establishment of that city by David.<ref>{{cite news |title='David,' Milhaud's Opera Linking Events Of Bible With Today, Bows in Jerusalem|author=Peter Gradenwitz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 2, 1954|page=38|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/02/archives/david-milhauds-opera-linking-events-of-bible-with-today-bows-in.html}}</ref> *'''1964''' [[Bob Dylan]] alludes to David in the last line of his song "[[When The Ship Comes In]]" ("And like Goliath, they'll be conquered"). *'''1965''' [[Leonard Bernstein]] described the second movement of his ''[[Chichester Psalms]]'', which features a setting of [[Psalm 23]], sung by a boy soloist accompanied by a harp, as a "musical evocation of King David, the shepherd-psalmist".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leonardbernstein.com/works/view/14/chichester-psalms|title=Works - Chorus & Orchestra - Chichester Psalms (1965)}}</ref> *'''1983''' [[Bob Dylan]] refers to David in his song "[[Jokerman (song)|Jokerman]]" ("Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features").<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IdbgeObYgIkC&pg=PA237 |title=Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet|first=Seth|last=Rogovoy |date=24 November 2009|publisher=Simon & Schuster|access-date=14 February 2018|via= Google Books|page=237|isbn=978-1-41655983-2 |archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201011131827/https://books.google.com/books?id=IdbgeObYgIkC&pg=PA237 |url-status=live}}</ref> *'''1984''' [[Leonard Cohen]]'s song "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" has references to David ("there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord", "The baffled king composing Hallelujah") and [[Bathsheba]] ("you saw her bathing on the roof") in its opening verses. *'''1990''' The song "One of the Broken" by [[Paddy McAloon]], performed by [[Prefab Sprout]] on the album ''Jordan: The Comeback'', has a reference to David ("I remember King David, with his harp and his beautiful, beautiful songs, I answered his prayers, and showed him a place where his music belongs"). *'''1991''' "Mad About You", a song on [[Sting (musician)|Sting's]] album ''[[The Soul Cages]]'', explores David's obsession with Bathsheba from David's perspective.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mad About You|url= http://www.sting.com/discography/album/208/Singles|website=Sting.com|access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170327080951/http://www.sting.com/discography/album/208/Singles|archive-date=27 March 2017|url-status= live}}</ref> *'''2000''' The song "Gimme a Stone" appears on the [[Little Feat]] album ''[[Chinese Work Songs]]'' chronicles the duel with Goliath and contains a lament to Absalom as a bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=lyrics&dc_id=261|title=Lyrics Database|website=Little Feat website|access-date= 2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035626/http://www.littlefeat.net/index.php?page=lyrics&dc_id=261|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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