June 25 - Carly Simon; Gustave Charpentier (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 25th, both on Gustave Charpentier are found here: (2019) and (2020)

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Carly Simon (b. 25 June 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opportunity Knocks

 

The single ["Anticipation"] was written in 15 minutes while Simon waited for Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date. -- Wikipedia

When your date is a little bit late,

And you have a few minutes to wait,

The anticipation

Can be inspiration --

Take out your guitar and create!

 

 

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French composer Gustave Charpentier (25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) had an improbably long life and one highly successful opera,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Time, Not the Charm; or, It's So Meta

A verse apropos Charpentier

Has been my routine on this day,

But this is the third,

And I give you my word,

I came up with nothing today.

 

 

 

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