St. Paul (oratorio) St. Paul (oratorio) St. Paul (in German Paulus), Op. 36, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn. The libretto was begun in 1832 by the composer with pastor , a childhood friend, pulling together passages from the New Testament (chiefly the Acts of the Apostles) and Old Testament. It also features chorales or hymn settings after Bach's model. Composition of the music began in 1834, and the work was premiered on 22 May 1836 (having been completed in April of that year) at the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Düsseldorf. The English premiere was in Liverpool on 3 October 1836 in
Paul Smith (composer) series of the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Score with Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for "Pinocchio", which was his first and only Oscar win. Smith died on January 25, 1985 in Glendale, California, from Alzheimer's Disease at age 78. In 1994, he was posthumously honored as a Disney Legend. Paul Smith (composer) Paul J. Smith (October 30, 1906 – January 25, 1985) was an American music composer best known for his work at Disney. Smith was born in Calumet, Michigan on October 30, 1906. Upon graduating high school, he studied music