Previous posts for November 29th are here: Gustave Reese; Gaetano Donizetti (2019), Gaetano Donizetti (2020), John Gary; Gaetano Donizetti (2021), Gaetano Donizetti (2022), Billy Strayhorn; Gaetano Donizetti (2023), and Gaetano Donizetti (2024)
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Jacob Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. He is remembered today for a single tune, Jalousie.
Gade Dance!
His royalties as composer were so ample that in the 1970s it was estimated that the song was played, at least, once every minute on some radio of the planet. -- Wikipedia
His "Jalousie" was such a hit
That some have posited that it
Was heard, when it was at its height,
Continuously, day and night,
Across the world's radio dials....
And that explains his banker's smiles.
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Geographic Conundrum
Q.
A Danish tango, what a contradiction!
Is Truth, indeed, a stranger thing than fiction?
A.
Well, yes, it's true this sultry thing came forth
From chilly regions in the Baltic North.
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