Friday, May 15, 2020

May 15 - Michael William Balfe (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer.
[For last year's post on Claudio Monteverdi click here.]




Irish I May, Irish I Might

Though now and then we give a whirl
To staging The Bohemian Girl,
“I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls”
Is all that anyone recalls.

The passing of Victoria’s age
Took Michael Balfe from off the stage.
Balfe, who once was highly graded
Finds his reputation faded,
For we no longer like what they did.

Ah! taste moves on, and who can blames us
If Balfe is now no longer famous.







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