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Gutenberg Bible Relocated for OperaJohann Gutenberg’s first printed Bible was temporarily removed November 27 from the Great Hall of the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building. The Bible, printed around 1450, is normally displayed in the Great Hall and was moved, along with the Bible of Mainz, to allow the November 30 premiere performance of an experimental opera by Pulitzer Prize–winner Roger Reynolds. By moving both bibles to a vault, the 10 speakers used for the performance will not have to compete with the noise generated by air conditioning units used to protect the Gutenberg Bible. LC Public Affairs Officer Jill Brett said that if the units were simply turned off without relocating the bibles they could suffer from the changes in temperature and humidity, the November 28 Associated Press reported. Reynold’s opera Justice uses computer-controlled, prerecorded voices for most of the major parts and choruses and tells the tale of Agamemnon leading the Greek fleet to attack Troy. The bibles were scheduled to return to their display cases December 3. Posted December 3, 2001. |
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