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When did John Milton start making music?
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John Milton's first song “A Paraphrase on Psalm 114” released on January 1, 1624.
John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
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