Previous posts for January 31st are here: Franz Schubert; George Benjamin (2020), Philip Glass; Mario Lanza (2021), Justin Timberlake; Carol Channing (2022), and Franz Schubert (2023)
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Philip Glass (b. 31 January 1937) is an extraodinarily influential American composer and pianist.
Glassical Gas
Said an orchestra player, “Alas!
This week we have got Philip Glass,
And so we’ll endeavor
To play triads forever,
And I wonder if this too shall pass.”
Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an influential Italian music theorist and composer.
Birthday?
(31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) – Wikipedia
Concerning Gioseffo Zarlino
There’s a lot of his bio that wé know,
But the sources are torn
About when he was born,
Which befuddled the little bambino.
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