Previous posts for December 20th are here: Henry Hadley (2019), František Xaver Pokorný (2020), Paul Francis Webster (2021), Joseph Schubert (2022), and František Xaver Pokorný (2024)
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Henry Hadley (20 December 1871 – 6 September 1937) was a composer and conductor. Though once one of the most performed and widely published American composers, and though he was the founding conductor of both the San Francisco Symphony and the Tanglewood Festival, he is largely forgotten.
You Gotta Know the Territory
Hadley composed his symphonic poem Salome in 1905, not realizing that Strauss, whom he greatly admired, was working on an opera on the same subject. - Wikipedia
The Zeitgeist of your time and tribe
Creates a shared communal vibe,
So when you start to write a score,
Consult with all your friends before
You waste your paper, sweat, and ink
On any subject that you think
Is trendy, modern, in the air,
In case your colleagues beat you there.
Make sure the path towards which you veer
Is unimpeded, free, and clear,
Or you might meet, to your dismay,
The fate of Hadley's Salomé.
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