Wednesday, April 9, 2025

April 9 - Johann Caspar Kerll; Seaborn McDaniel Denson (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 9th may be found here: Giuseppe Tartini (2019), Julian Lennon; Peggy Lennon (2020), Florence Price; Paul Robeson; Lil Nas X (2021), Paolo Tosti (2022), Paolo Tosti (2023), and Florence Price (2024)

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Johann Caspar Kerll (9 April 1627 – 13 February 1693) was a German composer and organist.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hair Story

 

Handel frequently borrowed themes and fragments of music from Kerll's works, and Bach arranged the Sanctus movement from Kerll's Missa superba as BWV 241, Sanctus in D major.  -- Wikipedia 


Johann Casper Kerll, whose wig

Was very, very, very big,

Was famous in his time and place,

And then became a model case

Of posthumous descent from grace,

And left behind the merest trace.


We know his work was up to snuff

Since Bach and Handel used his stuff.

The situation seems unfair

To Johann Kasper and his hair.



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Seaborn McDaniel Denson (9 April 1854 – 18 April 936) was an American musician and singing school teacher within the Sacred Harp tradition.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Added Material

 

S. M. Denson wrote most of the alto lines that were added to the 1911 Original Sacred Harp. -- Wikipedia 


Seaborn McDaniel Denson had

A most ambitious plan to add

New alto parts to sharp note songs

For use in shape note singalongs.


When changing three parts into four,

Did Denson find the chore a bore?

Or did it keep old Seaborn sharp

To fiddle with The Sacred Harp?



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