Previous posts for January 5th are here: Wieland Wagner; Friedrich Blume (2020), Henry Lawes (2021), Alfred Brendel (2022), and Johann Georg Pisendel (2022)
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Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (5 January 1679 – 22 February 1750) was an Italian composer, organist, and choirmaster.
The Pietro Filippo Scarlatti Story
He was the eldest of Alessandro Scarlatti’s children and a brother of composer Domenico Scarlatti. – adapted from Wikipedia
Not everyone in a well-known clan
Can
Be equally blessed with success,
I guess.
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Frederick Converse (5 January 1871 – 8 June 1940), was an American composer whose works include four operas and five symphonies.
Converse-ation
In 1910, Converse's opera The Pipe of Desire became the first American work ever to be performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. – Wikipedia
Frederick Converse’s Pipe of Desire
Didn’t set the world on fire;
And yet it opened up a door
That always had been closed before.
And though his bubble had been burst,
And privately, no doubt, he cursed,
He had the pride of being first,
And THAT can never be reversed.
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