February 21 - Léo Delibes; Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

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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