Previous posts for November 22nd are here: Benjamin Britten (2019), Cecil Sharp (2020), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach; Stephen Hough (2022), Gunther Schuller; Benjamin Britten (2022), Benjamin Britten (2023), and Franz Benda (2024)
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Hoagy Carmichael (22 November 1899 – 27 December 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor, author and lawyer.
Who's Your Hoosier?
In Indiana's Bloomington,
They celebrate his name,
With several small memorials
Devoted to his fame.
But tributes to this IU grad,
This Hoosier who succeeded,
Are passed by students on their phones –
Unread, unseen, unheeded.
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