Previous posts for January 12th are here: Morton Feldman (2020) and (2021)
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (12 January 1876 – 21January 1948) was an Italian composer and teacher.
Sic transit gloria
In fact, until the outbreak of World War I, Wolf-Ferrari's operas were among the most performed in the world. -- Wikipedia
Wolf-Ferrari for a time
Was right at the top of the heap.
But after a successful climb.
The path coming down can be steep!
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It was after the First World War,
And nothing was like as before;
The war and its waste
Had changed public taste
In ways it was hard to ignore.
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