October 1 - Paul Dukas; Vladimir Horowitz; Henry Clay Work (The Musical Birthday Series)

Paul Dukas (1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar, and teacher.

Games People Play 

L'apprenti sorcier by Dukas 

   Is one great big crescendo.

And might be fun if it was done

   On Wii or on Nintendo.

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Vladimir Horowitz (1 October  [O.S. 18 September] 1903 – 5 November 1989) was one of the great pianists of the twentieth century.

SRO

Vladimir Horowitz strode onto the stage

With the air of a great virtuoso.

He had the technique of a musical mage,

And everyone there seemed to know so.

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Henry Clay Work (1 October 1832 – 8 June 1884) was a composer of popular songs, some of which are still sung to this day.

Reappraisal

The family of Work (Henry Clay)

Took their clock to the Roadshow one day.

It seems that the song

Had gotten it wrong,

With the dismal report

That the clock had stopped short

When their grandfather died.

The appraiser, as guide,

Had them search the inside 

For a key, when they found it, 

They took it, and wound it.

The clock’s rusted chime

Started telling the time.

The family of Henry Clay Work

Went berserk.

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