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Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer.
Like Father?
His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. --- Wikipedia
Josef Strauss took up
The family line,
Of writing and playing the waltz.
It’s a thing you can look up,
He came out just fine,
But were there, I wonder, some faults?
Why was it his father
Suggested he go
For a career filled with pomp and parade?
How much did it bother
Young Josef to know
That they wanted him out of the trade?
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Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (20 August 1613 – 12 July 1676) was a German poet, composer and patron.
Pioneer
Most of Elisabeth Sophie 's compositions are hymns or devotional arias. Some printed in 1651 are believed to have been the first music published by a woman in Germany. ---- adapted from Wikipedia
The Duchess Elisabeth Sophie
Deserved to be given a trophy.
As the first in a dress
To have music in press,
And likely for little or no fee.
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