Previous posts for November 10th are here: Martin Luther; Carl Stalling (2019), Johann Christian Schieferdecker (2020), François Couperin; Friedrich Schiller (2021), Idabell Smith Firestone (2022), and Friedrich Schiller; John David Marks (2023)
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Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German theologian and religious reformer, who was also a competent musician and occasional composer.
A New Song
“But any who remain unaffected [by music] are clodhoppers indeed and are fit to hear only the words of dung-poets and the music of pigs.” - Martin Luther
Martin Luther, blunt of tongue,
Preached that music should be sung
By the elders and the young;
So if you find yourself among
The Lutherans, sing with lusty lung.
Or be condemned to barnyard dung.
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Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist remembered for his more than 400 scores for cinema and television.
Billy May (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter, known for film, and especially, TV scores.
Unlikely Trio
Composing for the silver screen
Requires a very special gene,
And yet today we are recalling
Morricone, May, and Stalling.
And thus I think the day’s bonanza
Deserves a festive birthday stanza!
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