Previous posts for May 3rd may be found here: Richard D'Oyly Carte (2019), Virgil Fox (2020), and Bing Crosby; Marcel Dupré (2021)
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Pete Seeger (3 May 1919 – 27 January 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music.
Chances Are
A radical singer named Seeger,
Continued, committed and eager,
Though the chance that his songs
Could correct social wrongs
Remained most decidedly meager.
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Hammering!
There once was a Seeger named Pete,
Whose songs had a radical heat,
He vowed that if needed
He'd continue as he did,
And repeat and repeat and repeat.
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Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian composer of operas and symphonies in the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of dramma giocoso immediately before Mozart.
Moving On
Though he wrote in a time of transition
Herr Gassmann had made his decision:
He knew all the rules
So he had all of the tools
To embrace the new Classical vision.
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