Previous posts for February 20th are here: Carl Czerny (2020), Nancy Wilson (2021), Johann Peter Salomon; Adalbert Gyrowetz (2022), Charles-Auguste de Beriot (2023), Carl Czerny (2024), and Carl Czerny (2025)
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Mary Garden (20 February 1874 – 3 January 1967) was a Scottish-American lyric soprano with a substantial career in France and America in the first third of the 20th century.
Quiet Impression
When taking on the role of Melisande
Mary Garden had success beyond
What might have been reliably predicted
For any role so vocally restricted.
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Nicola Antonio Manfroce (20 February 1791 – 9 July 1813) was an Italian composer.
T.B. or not T.B.
Although already weakened by tuberculosis, Manfroce the young composer devoted himself intensely to completing Hecuba, to the detriment of his health. After the premiere, the opera was praised for its innovation and dramatic power, and audiences hailed Manfroce as one of the most gifted composers of his generation — adapted from Wikipedia.
Manfroce, gasping for each breath,
Was in a losing race with Death.
He finished Hecuba in time;
The critics thought the work sublime.
But after that acclaimed debut
Manfroce dies at twenty-two,
And that is why he's someone who
Is quite unknown to me and you.
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