Previous posts for February 20th are here: Carl Czerny (2020) and Nancy Wilson (2021)
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Johann Peter Salomon (bapt. 20 February 1745– 28 November 1815) was a German violinist, composer, conductor, and impresario.
Beethoven Connection 1: First Things
His birth home was at Bonngasse 515, coincidentally the later birth home of Beethoven. -- Wikipedia
The gods agreed to doubly bless
A very famous Bonn address
When Salomon’s mother gave birth;
This was a quarter century before
When lo! behind the selfsame door
Beethoven came to this earth.
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Adalbert Gyrowetz (20 February 1763 – 19 March 1850) was a Bohemian composer.
Beethoven Connection 2: Last Things
He was one of the pallbearers at Beethoven's funeral in 1827. -- Wikipedia
When Gyrowetz answered the call
And assisted in bearing the pall
At Beethoven’s funeral rite,
Were his thought superstitiously harried
By the thought that the genius he carried
Had preceded him into the Night?
Did he mutter, “This casket contains
The body, but also the brains,
That created my musical Zeit.”?
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