Sunday, September 18, 2022

September 18 - Ignaz Holzbauer (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 18th are here: Lord Berners; Francesca Caccini (2019), Arthur Benjamin (2020), and Agnes De Mille; Johann Gottfried Walther (2021)

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Ignaz  Holzbauer (18 September 1711 – 7 April 1783) was a significant Austrian composer of the Mannheim School.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introspection


Holzbauer wrote 196 symphonies. – Wikipedia


Since his symphonies slumber,

  Forgotten in score,

But in total they number

  One hundred or more,


It led him you to ponder,

  It led him to think,

Why on earth did I squander

  So much paper and ink?

 

 

 

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