 It is one of a series of "pop cantatas" commissioned for school use by Novello, including "The Daniel Jazz" (1963) by Herbert Chappell, "Jonah-Man Jazz" (1966) by Michael Hurd and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd-Webber (1968).A close reading of the Genesis story, "Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo" lightheartedly chronicles the adventures of Noah, charged by God to build an ark in order to preserve mankind and all the creatures of Earth.The work opens with God voicing his displeasure with man ("There’s nothing but sinning, wickedness and violence there!