Previous posts for August 17 are here: Nicola Porpora (2019), (2020), and Nicola Porpora; Mae West (2021)
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Nicola Porpora (17 August 1686 – 3 March 1768) was a fine composer and a great singing teacher.
Ingratitude
From this time Porpora's career was a series of misfortunes: his florid style was becoming old-fashioned, and he became so poor that the expenses of his funeral were paid by a subscription concert. Yet at the moment of his death, Farinelli and Caffarelli were living in splendid retirement on fortunes largely based on the excellence of the old maestro's teaching. – adapted from Wikipedia
His pupils lived resplendent golden years,
While Popora was always in arrears.
The aging maestro moaned that it was rotten
To be so poor, so old, and so forgotten.
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