Previous posts for May 8th may be found here: Louis Moreau Gottschalk (2019), Keith Jarett (2020), Ricky Nelson (2021),Robert Johnson (2022), and Carl Stamitz (2023)
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Oscar Hammerstein I (8 May 1846 – 1 August 1919) was a German-born businessman, theater impresario, and composer in New York City.
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Hammerstein's high-quality productions were ultimately too expensive to sustain, and by his fourth opera season, he was going bankrupt. -- Wikipedia
Oscar Hammerstein the First
Pursued a passion and a thirst,
And ended up with loads of debt
When he competed with the Met.
The venture was a bit insane,
And proved too costly to sustain, –
The operatic bubble burst
On Oscar Hammerstein the First,
And quizzical accountants cursed
The aspirations he had nursed.
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