The Requiem, or Grand Funeral Anthem, Composed by W. A. Mozart, and L'allegro, Il Pensieroso, Written by Milton, and Composed by G. F. Handel, As Perf

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Requiem, or Grand Funeral Anthem, composed by W. A. Mozart, ... and L'Allegro, Il Pensieroso, written by Milton, and composed by G. F. Handel, as performed under the direction of Mr. Ashley, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, during Lent 1801. [The words only. Edited, with a biographical notice of Mozart, by John Ashley.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Mozart, Amadeus; Milton, John; Wolfgang 1801 8 . 992.i.3.(4.) Contributor Bio:  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a prolific and influential composer. Since its first performance in 1791, The Magic Flute has been a crowd pleasing opera and it remains one of the most celebrated in its genre. Contributor Bio:  Milton, John John Milton (9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for theCommonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poemParadise Lost. Milton's poetry and prose reflect deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. Writing in English, Latin, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica, (written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship) is among history's most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and freedom of the press. -wikipedia