Previous posts for September 29th are here: Richard Bonynge; Gene Autry (2019), Vincent Lübeck (2020), Madeline Kahn; Maria Hester Park (2021), Jerry Lee Lewis (2022), and Gene Autry (2023)
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Henry Harington M.D. (29 September 1727 – 15 January 1816) was an English physician, musician and author.
Two Sestets for HH
While at Oxford he joined a musical society set up by William Hayes, and restricted to competent sight-readers. In 1771 Harington moved to Bath, Somerset, where he composed in spare time, and founded the Bath Harmonic Society. The Duke of York appointed him his physician. He was also an alderman and magistrate of Bath, and served as mayor in 1793. – excerpts from Wikipedia
Henry Harington, physician,
Won himself a plum position,
But also was, for a clinician,
Quite an amateur musician,
And catch your breath, ‘cause in addition
He also was a politician!
He joined with other devotees
And sang the fashionable glees
In gentlemen’s societies,
Where, showing off his expertise,
He even wrote a few of these,
So celebrate his birthday, please!
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