October 28 - John Thomson; Howard Hanson (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 28th are here: Howard Hanson; Cleo Laine (2019), Howard Hanson (2020), and Howard Hanson; Dmitry Bortniansky (2021)

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John Thomson (28 October 1805 – 18 May 1841) was a Scottish classical composer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taking the Low Road

 

Although his original compositions were admired by Mendelssohn and Schumann in his lifetime, his work was little performed subsequently.  Thomson also edited the Vocal Melodies of Scotland.  -- based on Wikipedia

John Thomson published Scotland’s Melodies --

  He should be Scotland’s pride.

And yet, in spite of writing works like these,

  He's largely set aside.

 

 

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Howard Hanson (28 October 1896 – 26 February 1981) was a composer, music administrator, and advocate for new American music. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also Ran

Howard Hanson, it is clear,

Wrote music that we seldom hear;

And yet, we find that all the same.

You sometimes run across his name.

He’s one of those who gets attention,

But usually it’s just a mention.

It  can’t have been his childhood dream

To have this pale succes d’estime.

 

 

 

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