Previous posts for September 11th are here: Arvo Pärt (2019) and Harry Connick Jr.; William Boyce (2020)
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Friedrich Kuhlau (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer.
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
It’s your birthday! here’s to you now,
Danish master, Friedrich Kuhlau!
Though your reputation still remains
High among your fellow Danes,
Elsewhere, I regret to say,
Your works have mostly gone away,
Though piano students learn to play
Your sonatinas to this day.
But, of course, such sonatinas
Are never heard in big arenas.
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Eduard Hanslick (11 September 1825 – 6 August 1904) was an important music critic and aesthetician.
The Beautiful in Music... Is What I Say It Is
Eduard Hanslick, old curmudgeon,
Got into a lofty dudgeon
When he heard somebody play
Progressive music of his day.
His aesthetic sense dismissed
Works by Wagner, works by Liszt.
Eduard Hanslick turned to Brahms
In search of compensating balms.
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