March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi; Egbert Van Alstyne (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous entries for March 4th are here: Antonio Vivaldi (2019), Antonio Vivaldi (2020), Paul Mauriat; Antonio Vivaldi (2021), and Antonio Vivaldi; Mario Davidovsky (2022)

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Antonio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) remains one of the most loved composers of the Baroque era.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vivaldi Redux Redux

With so many works from his pen,

There’s a question I ask now and then, –

Are there any good reasons

For playing The Seasons

Again and again and again?

 

 

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Egbert  Van Alstyne (4 March 1878 – 9 July 1951) was an American composer of popular songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core Beliefs

It can safely be characterized as a highly sentimental tune. – Wikipedia, s.v. "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"

"Said he, 'She told us all when she was dying

To bury her beneath the apple tree'"– from the usually omitted 2nd verse of  “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”,

Egbert Van Alstyne was famous for he

Composed “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”,

With lyrics so languid, and a verse so unhappy,

That even the apple tree thought it was sappy.

 

 

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