Newburgh Hamilton (1692-1761)


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Name (English): Newburgh Hamilton
Short name: Newburgh Hamilton
Year of birth: 1692
Year of death: 1761
Short Description: "Newburgh Hamilton (1691–1761) was an Irish author and librettist.

He was born in County Tyrone, Ireland and entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1708, aged sixteen, but (as was common in those days) he left without obtaining a degree. He is known to have been George Frederick Handel´s librettist for three works: Alexander´s Feast (1736), Samson (1743) and the Occasional Oratorio (1746). In writing the libretto for Handel´s Samson (1743), he followed John Milton´s Samson Agonistes rather than creating it from the story found in the Book of Judges. His comedy The Petticoat-Plotter was presented at Drury Lane on 5 June 1712 and The Doating Lovers; or, the Libertine was premièred at Lincoln´s Inn Fields Theatre on 23 June 1715." - (en.wikipedia.org 08.07.2020)
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[Last update: 2020/07/08]