Previous posts for May 25th may be found here: Beverly Sills (2019), Hal David (2020), and Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (2021)
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (25 May 1878 – 25 November 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. -- Wikipedia
And Here's to You, Mr. Robinson
Moving primarily from the waist down, Robinson maintained impressive control of his body. The popular sensation of the Stair Dance led Robinson to try to secure a patent on the routine, ultimately to no avail, – adapted from Wikipedia
When Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was tapping,
He did it with a minimum of flapping.
He kept his still above the waist,
Which gave an air of elegance and taste
To dance routines, which though they still had gimmickry,
Were soon the source of idolizing mimicry.
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Johann Baptist Singenberger (25 May 1848 – 29 May 1924) was a Swiss, later American, composer, music teacher, editor and publisher, primarily of Catholic liturgical music.
Musica Sacra
Singenberger arrived in Wisconsin in 1873 and founded the American St. Cecilia Society, a precursor of the Church Music Association of America. – cpdl.org
The Cecilians were composers who embraced
The tenets of the Palestrina fashion,
In music both liturgical and chaste,
But leeched of personality and passion.
Wisconsonites were dubiously blessed,
When Singenberger brought the style west.
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