Previous posts for December 9th are here: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Émile Waldteufel (2019), Donny Osmond (2020), Pierre Henry; Sidney Homer (2021), Maddalena Laura Sirmen (2022), and Émile Waldteufel; Donny Osmond (2023)
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Conchita Supervía (8–9 December 1895 – 30 March 1936) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano in opera and recital.
Conchita!
If you should admit you’re, like me, a
Fan of this singer, we’ll be a
Small club with a few
Who espouse the same view
Of the mezzo from Spain, Supervía.
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Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (9 December 1728 – 19 November 1804) was an Italian composer of operas.
Variations on Guglielmi’s Sojourn in London
(1)
His works met with much success in Germany, but the greatest triumphs were reserved for him in England. – adapted from Wikipedia
In London’s most elegant age
His works were (quite briefly) the rage;
Even so, if you’d tell me
To hum some Guglielmi.
I’d refuse… and keep typing this page.
(2)
Considering the enormous number of his works, his unequal workmanship and the frequent instances of mechanical and slipshod writing in his music need not surprise us. – Wikipedia
In London his operas had
The sudden success of a fad,
Though he’d copy and paste
Old clichés in his haste,
They weren’t irredeemably bad,
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