Both of today's honorees were born on the same day.
Rebecca Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was a British-American composer and violist.
Eric Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer and violist.
[For last year's elegy on Lester Young click here.]
Twofer
A splendid thing! We here extol a
Couple folks who played viola.
Today, my merry muse devotes
A thought or two to Clarke and Coates.
Did a star indulge in tricks
So both were born in ‘86.
And did another guide this feature?
Both, as pupils, shared a teacher.
Though alike in how they started
As composers they were parted:
The music of Rebecca Clarke
Were brooding, lush, intense, and dark;
While Eric Coates’s choice domain
Was music in a lighter vein
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