Previous posts for August 14th are here: Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (2019), Steve Martin; Sarah Brightman (2020), Samuel Sebastian Wesley (2021), Buddy Greco (2022). and Pierre Schaeffer (2023)
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Samuel Sebastian Wesley (14 August 1810 – 19 April 1876) was an English organist and composer.
Temperamental
The 119 rank organ at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, was completed in 1855. It was initially tuned to mean tone temperament to the specification of S. S. Wesley but in 1867 W. T. Best, city organist, had it retuned to equal temperament. – based on Wikipedia, s.v. “St George's Hall, Liverpool / Organ and organists”
Samuel Sebastian Wesley spent
His lifetime on a quest
Of fighting equal temperament
Within the organ chest.
The effort was, and let’s be frank,
Peculiar and bizarre
The passion of a rabid crank
Resisting how things are.
A waste of time, a waste of breath,
Though Wesley still defended it,
But what relief when at his death,
The organ tuner ended it.
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