Previous posts for June 1st will be found here: Mikhail Glinka (2019), Carl Bechstein (2020), and Nelson Riddle (2021)
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Georg Muffat (1 June 1653 – 23 February 1704) was a composer and organist.
Absolution
Georg Muffat should not be confused with his son Gottlieb Muffat, also a successful composer. – Wikipedia
Georg Muffat shouldn’t be confused
With Gottfried Muffat, his composer son;
Although, in fact, I think you’d be excused
If this is something you have ever done.
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Ferdinando Paër (1 June (?July) 1771 – 3 May 1839) was an Italian composer known for his operas and oratorios. NB. His birth date is various given as June 1 or July 1. I follow Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (8th ed.) in choosing June.
Fidelio vs. Leonora
Paër's opera Leonora (1804) is based on the same story as Beethoven’s Fidelio, first produced as Leonora the following year. – Wikipedia
Although they’re both there
To compare,
It hardly seems fair
To Paër.
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