Paradise and the Peri

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | 433 words | Copyright

Paradise and the Peri (Das Paradies und die Peri). Part 2 of T. Moore's poem Lalla Rookh (1817), the Peri being a benign spirit in Persian mythology seeking re-admission to Paradise. 3 comps. based on it, by (1) Schumann, Op.50, cantata for soloists, ch., and orch., based on free trans., f.p. Leipzig 1843. (2) Sterndale Bennett, fantasy-ov., Op.42, comp. 1862. (3) J. F. Barnett, cantata for soloists, ch., and orch., 1870.

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