Previous posts for June 6th are found here: John Stainer (2019), Siegfried Wagner (2020), Louis Andriessen (2021), and Aram Khachaturian (2022)
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Lloyd Lindroth (6 June 1931 – 9 June 1994) was an American harpist who was nicknamed "The Liberace of the Harp".
The Harp that Once
He also took his harp to stages where the instrument was a stranger: the Grand Ole Opry and the syndicated television show "Hee Haw." – New York TImes obituary, June 11, 1994
Don’t complain, or whine, or carp
Because today I’m choosing
“The Liberace of the Harp”
For my poetic musing.
He took the harp to stages where
His instrument was foreign,
To places where a harp had ne’er
Been heard or seen before in.
Lloyd Lindroth wore a sparkling suit
With Liberace’s flash,
So join with me as I salute
Improbable panache.
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