Sunday, September 20, 2020

September 20 - Ildebrando Pizzetti (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer, musicologist, and music critic. I know of no basis in fact for the (plausible) rivalry fantasized about below.

[For last year's elegy in limericks for William Kapell click here.] 


He


Ildebrando Pizzetti,

   Prolific and weighty,

Was minor, and yet he

   Hoped to be great. He

Worked and he worried,

   On the verge of fatigue. He

Tried to ensure he'd

   Rank with Respighi.




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