Paradise Lost (1760 Smith / Stillingfleet), oratorio
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Paradise Lost (1760) is an oratorio, set to music by John Christopher Smith.
~ Libretto by Benjamin Stillingfleet, after John Milton
Abstract
Based on Paradise Lost (1667 Milton), poetry. The work survives both in manuscript and printed sources and ws the most successful among the works of the composer.
Editions
Published in London [England], Paradise Lost: An Oratorio, London: Dodsley, 1760); 2nd rev ed. London: Dodsley, 1774.
Performance history
Premiered in London, England: Covent Garden, 29 February 1760. Performed again in 1761 and in a revised version, in 1774.
References
- Smither, 3 (1987) 245ff