Little Drummer Boy
Varèse enjoyed making a noise
With sirens and drums and such toys.
When asked, “Why the din?”
He replied with a grin,
“As Mom would say, ‘Boys will be boys!’ ”
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21.5
Varèse, who had a propensity
For textures of sonic immensity,
Announced with a smirk
That his very next work
Was for flute all alone and called “Density.”
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Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) composed several of the most beloved operas in the repertoire.
A Bouquet for Mimì
The Lost Key
Perhaps it’s the custom in France
To discover amour at a glance,
And thus it gets steamy
For Rudolfo and Mimi
When they meet on a stairway by chance.
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Christmas Eve
The gang at the Momus Café
Have a riotous end to the day.
Then Musetta, for show,
Sings “Quando m’en vo’ ”
And they leave without having to pay.
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Sharing
When you’re sick like the fragile Mimì
With a terminal case of TB,
It’s unwise to share it
High up in a garret.
(And your healthy young friends will agree.)
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Defiance
Mimì, a young seamstress with gumption,
Ignored the prevailing assumption
That one shouldn’t sing,
Fall in love, have a fling,
When wasting away from consumption.
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