Previous posts for February 21 are here: Charlotte Church (2020), Nina Simone; Charles-Marie Widor (2021), and (2022)
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Léo Delibes (1 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French composer, best known for his ballets and operas.
Saved by the Bell
... and Lakmé is revived from time to time in opera houses.-- Wikipedia
The opera has a tête-à-tête
We’ve come to call the “Flower Duet”,
The diva (solo) has a swell song
Which we’ve come to call the “Bell Song”.
And so from time to time you may
See revivals of Lakmé.
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Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (21 February 1801 – 3 December 1866) was a composer, conductor, and violinist of Bohemian birth.
Formal Thoughts
Kalivoda "represents a sort of symphonic 'missing link' between Beethoven and Schumann," writes the critic David Hurwitz. -- Wikipedia.
You’ll find that there are those who think
That Kalliwoda was the link,
(Although the gap is not gigantic),
Between the Classic and Romantic.
Thus, Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda
Was development, not a coda.
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