Previous posts for October 26th are here: Domenico Scarlatti; Henry Smart; Mahalia Jackson (2019) and Hans Leo Hassler (2020)
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Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer, long resident in Spain, who is best known for his keyboard music.
Too Much of a Good Thing?
There once was a pianist who thought he
Would learn all the works of Scarlatti.
With sonatas a-plenty,
He learned ten or twenty,
Then abandoned the project as dotty.
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Jacques Loussier (26 October 1934 – 5 March 2019) was a French pianist and composer.
Source Material
In March 2002, Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit against rapper Eminem and producer Dr. Dre, claiming that the beat for the track "Kill You" was stolen from his composition Pulsion. The case was settled out of court. - adapted from Wikipedia
It troubles me to have to say
That Eminem and Dr. Dre
Once sampled from Jacques Loussier.
The latter getting wind of them
Sued Dr. Dre and Eminem.
About the upshot of this tort
There’s very little to report ---
The case was settled out of court.
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