Previous entries for March 2nd can be found here: Kurt Weill (2021); Bedřich Smetana (2020); Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein (2019), Desi Arnaz (2022), and Kurt Weill; Bedřich Smetana (2023)
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Bedřich Smetana (2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was an important Czech composer.
Look Ma, Má Vlast: Two Limericks on “The Moldau”
Picture Perfect
What Smetana sought to deliver
In his ode to the national river,
Is a musical look
As it grows from a brook
To a torrent that sets Czechs aquiver.
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A Pledge Week Promise
As you'll learn if you listen a bit
When we broadcast each classical hit,
We won’t be forgettin’ a
A soupçon of Smetana,
And “The Moldau” is usually it.
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