Previous posts for August 27th are here: Lester Young (2019), Rebecca Clarke; Eric Coates (2020), and Leon Theremin (2021)
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Eric Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a violist.
Light Makes Right
Your public station probably devotes
Attention to the works of Eric Coates;
His charming tunes and cheerful orchestration
Make perfect filler for that kind of station.
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A Parable of Talents
In its obituary notice, The Manchester Guardian took issue with such a dismissal, and preferred the French attitude of cherishing petits-maîtres for what they were rather than condemning them for what they were not: "better to write second-class masterpieces than fail to be a second Beethoven". -- Wikipedia
Take up your pen
And do what you do best!
Don’t follow when
You’re tempted to a quest
That, though it’s grand,
Is frankly quite above you.
Stick to your brand
‘Cause that’s why people love you!
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