December 9 - Pierre Henry; Sidney Homer (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for December 9th are here: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Émile Waldteufel (2019) and Donny Osmond (2020)

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Pierre Henry (9 December 1927 – 5 July 2017) was a French composer who was a pioneer of musique concrète, and early form of electronic music produced by splicing and manipulating recorded sounds on tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Long and Short of It

How ignoble it would be

If we

Forgot to fête Pierre Henry!

And yet,

The world is likely to forget

To fête

The man behind musique concrète.

 

 

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Sidney Homer (9 December 1864 – 10 July 1953) was an American composer, primarily of songs.  He was the husband of the great contralto Louise Homer, and the uncle and teacher of composer Samuel Barber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Works of Homer

 

Sidney Homer spent his life

In the shadow of his wife.

Later, his most famous feature

Was his role as Barber’s teacher.

Homer, thus, is seldom known

For achievements of his own,

Eclipsed in death’s eternal harbor

By his wife and Samuel Barber.

 

 

 

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