Shangri-La (1946 song) Shangri-La (1946 song) "Shangri-La" is a popular song written by bandleader Matty Malneck and Robert Maxwell in 1946 with lyrics by Carl Sigman. The term comes from "Shangri-La" as the hidden valley of delight in James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon". The term "Shangri-La," especially in the 1930s and 1940s, was slang for heaven or paradise, and the song is about the joy of being in love. Composer Maxwell's instrumental version (saxophone/organ lead with brass and rhythm), which featured his harp solo, which is heard in the introduction as well as in the coda section of the song, charted in
Paradise Lost in popular culture man, the betrayal from God and Adam and Eve's Exile, and the entirety of Cain and Abel) and "Paradise Lost", as well as original ideas. "Paradise Lost" was performed on stage in Stratford Festival in 2018 starting Lucy Peacock as the devil and Amelia Sargisson as Eve. Paradise Lost in popular culture "Paradise Lost" has had a profound impact on writers, artists and illustrators, and, in the twentieth century, filmmakers. A 41 15-minute episode production by Adrian Mitchell was broadcast in 1992 on BBC Radio 4, with Denis Quilley as Milton, Ian McDiarmid as Satan, Linus Roache as Adam, Robert