Previous posts for August 5th are here: Guillaume DuFay (2019), (2020), and Guillaume Du Fay; Ambroise Thomas (2021)
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Jeri Southern (5 August 1926 – 4 August 1991) was an American jazz singer and pianist.
Advice
Pour a bourbon and surrender
To Jeri Southern’s soft and tender
Way of rendering a song.
Sip the drink, and if it’s strong,
Do yourself a special favor,
And nurse it slowly as you savor
Jeri Southern’s subtle style.
You’ll want them both to last a while.
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Antonio Cesti (baptism 5 August 1623 – 14 October 1669) was an important Italian composer of opera and cantata.
Bigger than Life
Il Pomo d’oro was a hit,
For nothing was as grand as it.
For no expense was scrimped or spared,
As sets and costumes were prepared.
Was Cesti’s music mere distraction
From all the stagecraft and the action?
And in that circumstance did Cesti
Spend his evenings tense and testy?
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