Previous posts for November 29th are here: Gustave Reese; Gaetano Donizetti (2019), Gaetano Donizetti (2020), John Gary; Gaetano Donizetti (2021), and Gaetano Donizetti (2022)
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Billy Strayhorn (29 November 1915 – 31 May 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington.
Gone Astray
Though Duke Ellington took credit for much of Strayhorn's work, he did not maliciously drown out his partner. Ellington would make jokes onstage like, "Strayhorn does a lot of the work but I get to take the bows!” – Wikipedia
It’s hard to imagine the Ellington band
Without Billy Strayhorn’s arrangements on hand,
And it wasn’t quite fair, though acknowledged aloud,
That he did the work, but Ellington bowed.
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Gaetano Donizetti (29 November 1797 - April 1848) was one of the most important and popular
of nineteenth-century opera composers.
You Can't Miss It
In his operas, comic or grand,
He’s never insipid or bland,
But you’ll have to admit
After hearing a bit,
That subtlety wasn’t his brand!
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