Friday, January 3, 2020

January 3 - Victor Borge; Henriette Sontag (The Musical Birthday Series)

Victor Borge (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000) was a Danish-born comedian and pianist.

In Which the Dane Deigns to Entertain

When Borge sat down at the keyboard,
He made sure that his fans wouldn’t be bored.
His comic routines
Were belovéd and seen
At venues from seaboard to seaboard.












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Henriette Sontag (3 January 1806 – 17 June 1854) was an important operatic soprano in the early nineteenth century.


Starting at the Top

When Henriette Sontag
Was still in her teens
  She sang an important premiere.
It was Beethoven’s Ninth,
And think what that means
  To a girl at the start of her career.












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