Previous posts for March 31st may be found here: Joseph Haydn (2019) and (2020), Herb Alpert (2022), Joseph Haydn; Johann Sebastian Bach (2022), Joseph Haydn (2023), and Shirley Jones; Johann Sebastian Bach (2024)
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Sergei Diaghilev (31 March [O.S. 19 March] 1872 – 19 August 1929) was a Russian art critic, patron, and ballet impresario (founder of the ballets Russes).
At the Ballet
Nijinsky became Diaghilev's lover in late 1908. It was an intense relationship in which Diaghilev was often seen to dominate, and abruptly halted when Nijinsky married and Diaghilev dismissed him from the company in 1913. –"Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes – an introduction" at www.vam.ac.uk
The whiff of a scandal still hovers
In the case of Diaghilev's lovers,
And the kind of abuse
That the old Ballets Russes
Kept (literally) under the covers.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O. S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and organist.
Compensation
In Leipzig the weather was bleak,
And the fashions not flashy or chic,
But the Thomas Church choir
Had Herr Bach as supplier
Of cantatas sung week after week.
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Joseph Haydn (31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was one of the great composers of the late 18th century.
Working Man
At the Esterhazy country estate
Herr Haydn had lots on his plate,
While providing the court
With delights of the sort
That were neither too plain nor ornate.
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