A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Prodigal Son, The

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From volume 3 of the work.

2235773A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Prodigal Son, TheGeorge Grove

PRODIGAL SON, THE. An oratorio by Arthur Sullivan, composed for the Worcester Festival, 1869, and produced there Sept. 8. The subject has been treated by Gaveaux, Auber, and others, under the title of 'L'Enfant prodigue'; and by Ponchielli, whose 'Figliuol prodigo' was produced at the Scala, Milan, Dec. 26, 1880. [See vol. i. 488a.]

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