Tuesday, April 4, 2023

April 4 - Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 4th may be found here: Elmer Bernstein (2019), Stephen Storace (2020), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (2021), and Pierre Monteux; Eugène Bozza (2022)

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Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (4 April 1752 – 5 May 1837) was a distinguished Italian composer, chiefly of opera.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not What It Seems


Excitement grew! They cried, “Whoa Nelly!

“We’re going to play some Zingarelli!”


My reader, reading this, says, “Steve,

That story’s pretty hard to believe!”


And I’ll reply, “Despite the date,

It’s April Fools — a little late!”

 


 

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