Previous posts for May 12th may be found here: Jules Massenet; Gabriel Fauré (2019) and Burt Bacharach (2020)
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Johann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech composer who was admired by Haydn. Mozart, and Beethoven.
Household Economics
His piano pieces were written for a growing middle class, supplied him with the means to live a modest, economically independent life, and live in good quarters near St. Stephen's Cathedral. —adapted from Wikipedia
“His life was rather long and lacked stress.” direct quote from Wikipedia
Johann Baptist Wanhal was
An independent guy.
He knew the sort of music that
The Viennese would buy.
His life was rather long and lacked
The element of stress;
He earned enough to get himself
A comfortable address.
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