March 22 - Gerard Hoffnung (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Gerard Hoffnung (22 March 1925 – 28 September 1959) was a cartoonist, best known for the satirical musical concerts he produced.
[For last years verse on Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber  click here.]

Hoffnung Festivals

Those concerts at Festival Hall

Sold out to the very last stall,

And singing the eyebrows

Of classical highbrows

Were rude and irreverent to all.

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