September 20 - William Kapell (The Musical Birthday Series)

William Kapell (20 September 1922 – 29 October 1953) was a pianist who is still thought of as one of the greatest pianists to come from the United States.

Kapell Meister

Like a conquering piano centurion

Kapell could dispatch Khachaturian.

The concerto is flashy

And just a bit trashy,

And certainly not epicurean.

Limerick in memoriam

At thirty-one, William Kapell,

Was mourned with an early farewell.

The young piano master

Had met with disaster 

When an airline disaster befell.

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