Previous posts for July 11th are found here: Hermann Prey (2019), Liza Lehmann (2020), Mattiwilda Dobbs; Liza Lehmann (2021), and Nicolai Gedda (2022)
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John Hill Hewitt (11 July 1801 - 7 October 1890) was an American composer, playwright, and poet.
Dixieland Banned
His poetry, music, and drama grew increasingly pro-Southern and pro-Confederate. Hewitt's output earned him the epithet "Bard of the Stars and Bars". - adapted from Wikipedia
If you seek to be famous, don’t do it
By copying John Hill Hewitt!
Consider before
You pick sides in a war,
To ensure your descendants won’t rue it.
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Antônio Carlos Gomes (11 July 1836 – 16 September 1896) was a Brazilian opera composer, and the first composer from the Americas whose work was widely accepted by Europe.
Allegro con Rio
After the success of his opera Il Guarany, even the most strict musical critics compared the Brazilian musician to the great European maestros, such as Rossini and Verdi. - adapted from Wikipedia
The jungled country of Brazil
Extends respect to Gomes still.
His former European glory?
That’s, alas, a different story,
And few outside Brazil recall
Gomes or his work at all.
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