Previous posts for April 12th may be found here: Tiny Tim (2019), Lily Pons (2020), Montserrat Caballé (2021). and Helen Forrest; Caffarelli (2022), Montserrat Caballé; Lily Pons (2023), and Felice Giardini (2024)
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Joseph Lanner (12 April 1801 – 14 April 1843) was an Austrian dance music composer and dance orchestra conductor.
Lanner and Strauss: Two for One-Two-Three
Lanner is best remembered as one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even the highest society could enjoy. He was just as famous as his friend and musical rival Johann Strauss the Elder. – Wikipedia
Joseph Lanner wrote the waltz
Before it had devolved to schmaltz;
His charming dances, deftly made,
Are still upon occasion played,
Concerning Lanner, do not grouse
Because he wasn't Johann Strauss.
When both are programmed á la carte,
It's hard to tell the two apart.
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