"Weird Al" Yankovic (b. October 23, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and parodist.
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Almost about Al
As a writer of popular parody
Weird Al is a singular rarity.
(Although it’s a vice
That my rhyme’s imprecise,
I hope you’ll accept it with charity.)
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Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, actor and singer.
Chacun à son goût
For 150 years, Lortzing was, after Mozart and Verdi, the most performed opera composer in Germany. In 1928/29 there were 843 performances of his works in German theatres, compared with 821 of Mozart’s. -- Peter Bassett, at suomenwagnerseura.org
Albert Lortzing ruled the stage
Among composers of his age,
A reputation that still stands,
At least in German-speaking lands,
And yet it is inferred of him
The States have barely heard of him,
A circumstance that can be traced
To differences in local taste.
Why don’t singers of our sort sing
Operas by Albert Lortzing?
Something unexplained determines
Why we’re so unlike the Germans.
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