Sunday, December 6, 2020

December 6 - Dave Brubeck; Henryk Górecki (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Dave Brubeck (6 December 1920 – 5 December 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

[For last year's verse on Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Joseph Lamb click here.]



Five Lines on Take Five


Dave Brubeck, when he was alive,

Got tired of playing “Take Five,”

But adding new licks

To make it “Take Six” 

Disrupted it’s rhythmical drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Henryk Górecki (6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer who had an unexpected million-seller with his Third Symphony.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Fail is to Succeed, To Succeed is to Fail


Henryk Górecki’s commercial success

   Was viewed by his peers with suspicion.

They felt that new music should lead to distress,

  And be heard as an act of contrition.

For some this is true, but I’d say nonetheless,

  It’s dependent on one’s disposition.

 

 

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