John Blow (bapt. 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was a significant English composer and organist.
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At Your Service
The composer John Blow,
As you possibly know,
Composed for the Anglican ritual,
Where choirs of boys
Making treble-voiced noise
Remains, to the present, habitual.
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George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was one of the greatest, and still most popular, of Baroque composers.
Performance Practice (1)
The operas of Handel, today,
Are performed in a compromised way,
For to hire castrati
Results in a knotty
Dilemma of severance pay.
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Performance Practice (2)
The castrati were eager to vary a
Reprise in an opera seria.
A skill which delighted
Their fans, and ignited
Eruptions of frenzied hysteria.
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