Previous posts for April 9th may be found here: Tom Lehrer (2019) and Emanuel Schikaneder (2019).
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Florence Price (9 April 1887 – 3 June 1953) was an American composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher.
The Price of Fame
“My dear Dr. Koussevitzky, To begin with I have two handicaps—those of sex and race. I am a woman; and I have some Negro blood in my veins.” —Florence Price
Price’s style, wrote Eileen Southern in The Music of Black Americans, “is best defined as neoromantic, which was rather conservative for her time.” — encyclopedia com
The musical works of Florence Price
After long neglect
Have re-emerged to gain a slice
Of concert hall respect.
She briefly was a well-known name
She briefly held a place;
Three factors worked against her fame:
Her gender, style, and race.
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Paul Robeson (9 April 898 – 23 January 1976) was an American bass baritone and stage and film actor who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political activism.
Left Right Left
Paul Robeson, the radical singer,
Went through the McCarthyite wringer.
He was willing to fight
For the things he thought right
As a Stalinist, Red, and left winger.
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Lil Nas X (b. 9 April 1999) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and internet personality.
Bloody Hell
Lil Nas X
In matters of sex
Is frank and outspokenly queer.
He stirred up debate in
A lap dance for Satan
With droplets of blood in his gear.
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