August 26 - Aloys Schmitt (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for August 26 are here: Leon Redbone (2019), Humphrey Searle (2020), and Nico Muhly; Aloys Schmitt (2021)

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Aloys Schmitt (26 August 1788 – 25 July 1866) was a German composer, pianist, and music teacher.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You probably don’t care a bit

To celebrate Herr Aloys Schmitt,

Whose Preparatory Exercises

Everyone who plays despises.

Though his method trains their fingers,

It’s a book where no one lingers

With their hands in fixed positions

Filled with starry-eyed ambitions

Hoping to become musicians.

It’s far more likely that they’ll quit

Than tolerate Herr Aloys Schmitt.

 

 

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