Previous posts for December 6th are here: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Joseph Lamb (2019), Dave Brubeck; Henryk Górecki (2020), Ira Gershwin; Orazio Vecchi (2021), Orazio Vecchi (2022), and Johann Christoph Bach (2023)
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Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, George Gershwin, and later wrote hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren, and Harold Arlen.
Nepo-brother?
So as not to appear to trade off George's growing reputation, Ira wrote his first show under the pseudonym "Arthur Francis", after his youngest two siblings. – Wikipedia
Ira Gershwin worked to forge
A fruitful career with brother George,
Although at first he shyly hid it,
And said that “Arthur Francis” did it.
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Johann Christoph Bach (6 [?] December [bapt. 18 December (O.S. 8 December)] 1642 – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist. [Several sources give several different birth dates, both O.S. and N.S., but this date suits the needs of my blog, so here it is.]
Ditto Bach
Johann Christoph Bach is not to be confused with Johann Sebastian Bach's son, Johann Christoph Bach. – Wikipedia
When the Bachs had a child, and a was selected,
There was hardly a moniker with no prior claims,
It wasn’t surprising, and not unexpected,
That a family so fertile would run of names
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