Paul Badura-Skoda (6 October 1927 – 25 September 2019) was an Austrian pianist.
[For last year's verse on Karol Szymanowski and Jenny Lind click here.]
Just Rewards
Paul Badura-Skoda
Was playing the coda
Of his latest all-Mozart recital,
And thought he was owed a
Nice Scotch and soda
For providing a service so vital.
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Oscar Sonneck (6 October 1873 – 30 October 1928) was an American music librarian, musicologist, and editor.
By the Books
The great Oscar Sonneck,
The music librarian,
By training Teutonic,
When German was very in,
Came back to the States
With a scholar’s ambitions
To examine the traits
Of our country’s musicians.
He studied with towering
And learned success,
The musical flowering
Of the early U.S.
He also is credited
For keeping things orderly
When he founded and edited
The Musical Quarterly.
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