Previous posts for July 1st are found here: Hans Werner Henze (2019), Fred Schneider (2020), Hans Werner Henze (2021), Hans Werner Henze (2022), and Thomas A. Dorsey (2023)
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Andraé Crouch (1 July 1942 – 8 January 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor.
Not My Tribute
Perhaps you will call me a grouch
When you hear my reaction is “ouch”
If ever I’m heading
To a service or wedding
And see there’ll be music by Crouch.
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Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was an important German composer of the mid/late 20th century.
Collaborators
I wonder if Auden
Attempted to broaden
The literature Henze embraced,
Or did Henze tell Auden
That the path he had trodden
Had made him the model of taste?
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Hmmm. These verses, though not terses, indicate what you’re versus.
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