John Christopher Smith

John Christopher Smith

John Christopher Smith [Johann Christoph Schmidt] (1712 - 1795) was an English composer, born in Ansbach. He was the son of Johann Christoph Schmidt (John Christopher Smith) (d 1763), Handel's principal copyist and later his amanuensis. He had a few lessons from Handel and Pepusch but studied mostly with Thomas Roseingrave. His first opera was the Italian-style "Ulysses" (1733); later ones included two written for David Garrick and based on Shakespeare - "The Fairies" (1755), after "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "The Tempest" (1756) - and a successful afterpiece, "The Enchanter" (1760). Several others remained unperformed. In 1759-68 he directed the annual performances of Messiah at the Foundling Hospital, where he was organist. Of his own oratorios, mostly written in the 1760s, "Paradise Lost" (1760) was the greatest success; three later ones (Nabal, Rebecca and Gideon) were largely adaptations of George Frideric Handel. Among his other works are five volumes of harpsichord music (1732-63) and a funeral service (1772) for the dowager Princess of Wales, who was his harpsichord pupil. He retired to Bath in the 1770s.

ee also

*Nabal
*Gideon

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