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John Christopher Smith, Handel’s pupil and assistant, included some striking settings of well-known lyrics in his two Shakespearean operas The Fairies (1755), derived from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Tempest (1756). ‘You spotted snakes’ creates a magical atmosphere by the use of drones and hushed unison passages.

from notes by Peter Holman © 2004

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Recording details: February 1991
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1991
Total duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds

You spotted snakes
composer
John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)
The Fairies, London, 1755
author of text
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
A Midsummer Night's Dream II:ii

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
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You spotted snakes  [3'17] English
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