Previous posts for July 6th are here: Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (2019), Claude-Michel Schönberg (2020), Hanns Eisler (2021), Alberto Nepomuceno (2022), and Bill Haley (2023)
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Nicola Francesco Haym (6 July 1678 – 31 July 1729) was an Italian opera librettist, composer, theater manager and performer, literary editor and numismatist.
Haym, Sweet Haym
His historical importance, however, rests upon his libretti for Handel’s scores, including Teseo (1713), Radamisto (1720), Ottone (1723), Flavio (1723), Giulio Cesare (1724), Tamerlano (1724), Rodelinda (1725), Siroe (1728), and Tolomeo (1728). -- adapted from encyclopedia.com
To Signor Haym we owe a debt. He
Put together the libretti
For some of Handel’s biggest hits,
And so today, since space permits,
I’ll venture on this birthday foray,
And end with “Mille grazie, Signore.”
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