Previous posts for January 21st are here: Henri Duparc (2020) and (2021)
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Henri Duparc (21 January 1848 – 12 February 1933) was a French composer, principally of songs.
Lost Years
A mental illness, diagnosed at the time as "neurasthenia", caused him abruptly to cease
composing at age 37, in 1885. -- Wikipedia
Duparc, in 1885,
Was shaken to his very core.
And though for many years alive,
He left his desk and wrote no more.
He lived ‘til 1933,
In stubborn silence, not composing;
How sad it is for us that he
Ended life with such a closing.
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