A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Lalla Rookh

by George Grove

LALLA ROOKH. Moore's poem has been the parent of several musical compositions.

I. An opera, by C. E. Horn; produced in Dublin in or about 1820. 2. A ditto by Felicien David. [See Lalla Roukh.] 3. A ditto in 2 acts; words by Rodenberg, music by Rubinstein; produced at Dresden in March, 1863. The name of the piece has since been changed to Feramors. 4. Das Paradies und die Peri, by Schumann; and 5. Paradise and the Peri, a Fantasie-Overture by Sterndale Bennett. For these two last see their own headings.

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[App. p.695 "add 2. 'Lalla Rukh,' a dramatic piece by Spontini, produced Jan. 27, 1821, at the Royal Palace, Berlin. [See vol. iii. p. 673.] Change 2, 3, 4, 5, to 3, 4, 5, 6. Add 7. 'Paradise and the Peri,' Cantata, John F. Barnett, Birmingham, 1870. For other musical compositions based on the poem see Clay, vol. i. 369b; Paradise and the Peri, vol. ii. 648b; and Stanford, vol. iii. 689."]