Previous posts for March 23rd may be found here: Julius Reubke (2019), Arthur Farwell (2020), Anthony van Hoboken (2021), Dave Frishberg; Dane Rudhyar (2022), Ludwig Minkus (2023), and Dave Frishberg; Eugène Gigout (2024)
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David Frishberg (23 March 1933 – 17 November 2021) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist.
Lessons Unlearned
The lessons in "I'm Just a Bill"
Have been lost up on Capitol Hill,
Where the Senate and House
Barely grumble or grouse,
As they cave to the Executive's will.
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Anthony van Hoboken (23 March 1887 – 1 November 1983) was a Dutch musical collector, bibliographer, and musicologist best known for his catalogue of the works of Haydn.
Hob-nobbing
One of Hoboken's tedious chores
Was to ransack the archival stores
Of a palace or church
In a shelf-by-shelf search
For Haydn's lost manuscript sources.
And when they turned up he assigned them
A number so scholars could find them,
So that year after year
When his pieces appear
They have Hoboken numbers behind them.
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