April 5 - Louis Spohr; John Wilson (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 5th may be found here: Louis Spohr (2019), Agnetha Fältskog (2020), Herbert von Karajan, Sébastien Érard (2022), and Albert Roussel (2023)

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Louis Spohr (5 April 1784 – 22 October 1859) was once regarded as one of the foremost composers of Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis, Louis

I’ve written before

Of Louis Spohr,

But here’s his sorr-

-y stor-

-y.

Well-known of yore,

He wrote no score

Predestined for

The usual core

Of repertor-

y glor-

y.

 

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John Wilson (5 April 1595 – 22 February 1674) was an English composer, lutenist and teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Wilson at Court

Following the execution of the King in 1649 he showed his clearly Royalist sympathies in his Psalterium Carolinum,  -- Wikipedia

John Wilson worked for Charles the First,

A King whose fate ranks with the worst.

John Wilson, though, continued loyal,

To thing traditional and royal,

And join in courtly dissipation

On Charles the Second’s restoration.

 

 

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