January 31 - Philip Glass; Mario Lanza (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Philip Glass (b. 31 January 1937) is an extraodinarily influential American composer and pianist. 

[For last year's thoughts Franz Schubert and George Benjamin click here.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divided

Philip Glass was on a mission

To base his art on repetition,

Which is the source of all of those

Repetitive arpeggios.

People hate it or they love it

Some want less, and some more of it.

 

 

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Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 – 7 October 1959) was an American tenor best-known for filmed operettas and recordings.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advice: Be Nice and Concise

 

A writer of verses who plans a

Limerick on Mario Lanza,

Should try not to sneer

At his cinema career

In the space of a quinary stanza.

 

 

 

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