Previous posts for November 8th are here: Patti Page; Bonnie Raitt (2019), Arnold Bax (2020), Friedrich Witt (2021), Chris Connor (2022), and Chris Connor (2023)
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Arnold Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was a highly regarded British composer, especially known for his orchestral music.
I've Got Your Bax
Bax's music is never simply rhapsodic or formless ... account[s] for the general apathy towards music that is intrinsically noble, humane, and capable of a certain melancholy grandeur. -- The Record Guide, 1955 - qtd. in Wikipedia
Today I’ll state the simple facts
About composer Arnold Bax,
Whose tendency to be diffuse
In formal shapes ad hoc and loose
Betrayed a certain mental strain,
And sadly, failed to entertain
The folks who like their music plain.
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