Previous posts for July 16th are found here: Bella Davidovich (2019), Ginger Rogers (2020), Ginger Rogers; Eugène Ysaÿe (2021), Carmen Lombardo (2022), and James MacMillan (2023)
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Luigi Arditi (16 July 1822 – 1 May 1903) was an Italian violinist, composer, and conductor. [Arditi birth date is sometimes listed as 22 July and I have celebrated that date in the past.]
You Mean He Wrote Others?
Arditi's best-known operas are: I Briganti, II Corsaro, and La Spia. -- Wikipedia
In Wikipedia we read,
“Arditi’s best-known operas are…”
A statement which, we’re all agreed
Is more than just a bit bizarre.
No matter how they special plead,
However low they set the bar,
Arditi’s honest fans concede
These works are “close, but no cigar.”
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Goffredo Petrassi (16 July 1904 – 2 March 2003) was an important Italian composer, conductor, and teacher.
No Shame
He is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century. -- Wikipedia
There’s no denying that Petrassi
Has a consequential posse,
And they might set about to shame us,
Declaring loudly, “Ignoramus!
Petrassi was so influential
That you should be more reverential!”
And yet, in spite of how it’s trumpeted,
You shouldn’t feel at all discomfited
If in the face of those who love him,
This verse is when you’ve first heard of him.
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