Previous posts of August 2nd are here: Helen Morgan (2019), Arthur Bliss (2020), Jacob Collier (2021), and Helen Morgan (2022)
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Oscar Rasbach (2 August 1888 – 23 March 1975) was an American pianist and composer, remembered for his once-inescapable song "Trees".
Missing the Forest for the….
When Oscar Rasbach made the choice
Of setting “Trees” by Kilmer, (Joyce).
He took that sentimental verse,
And some would say he made it worse.
Songs are made by such as he,
But Schirmer thought that it should be
Available in their editions
In endless forms and transpositions.
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