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Count Basie (21 August 1904 – 26 April 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
Counting Verse
During a broadcast the announcer wanted to give Basie's name some style, so he called him "Count." -- Wikipedia
When asked was it really the case, he
Admitted he wasn’t Count Basie,
“But I have a nobility,
Not blood, but ability,
And the title looks good prima facie.”
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Lili Boulanger (21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918) was a French composer, and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize.
To Lili: In Memoriam
It always makes us sad to say
That death took Lili Boulanger
At twenty-four.
And though it is an old cliché
When younger persons pass away,
I’ll end my verse with this today,
Therefore:
She had such riches yet to give,
If only Fate had let her live
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