Previous posts for July 2nd are found here: Christoph Willibald Gluck (2019), Charles-Louis Hanon (2020), and Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck; Charles-Louis Hanon (2021)
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Frederick Fennell (2 July 1914 – 7 December 2004) was an internationally recognized conductor, especially of wind bands
Three Limericks for Fennell
He recruited nearly 40 players in May 1952 for this, explaining, “I chose the best students in the school, the best solo performers and the best ensemble players. He became one of America's most-recorded conductors. " -- adapted from Wikipedia
By choosing his own personnel,
The band leader Frederic Fennell
Was able to found
An ensemble renowned
For recordings that sold very well.
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In Fennell's New Times Times obituary, colleague Jerry F. Junkin was quoted as saying "He was arguably the most famous band conductor since John Philips Sousa." -- Wikipedia
If someone is asking you, “Whose a
Band leader other than Sousa?”
You might very well
Mention Frederick Fenell
Whose band was a lollapalooza.
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Desiring expanded repertoire, he wrote to nearly 400 composers around the world commissioning appropriate compositions for the new group. -- Wikipedia
When he looked at the music on hand
He found it both noisy and bland,
And he knew his assignment
Was to add some refinement
To the rep of the symphonic band.
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