April 26 - Horatio Richmond Palmer (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 26 may be found here: Conrad Susa (2019), Ma Rainey (2020), Mikhail Fokine; Ma Rainey (2021), Francis Lai; Adam Falckenhagen (2022), Ma Rainey (2023), and Wilma Lipp (2024)

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Horatio Richmond Palmer (26 Apr­il 1834 - 15 No­vem­ber 1907) was a choral director, composer, author, and publisher, remembered for his hymn "Yield Not to Temptation".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recessional

Horatio Richmond Palmer's hymns

Weren't immune from fashion's whims.

It isn't that they're loathed or hated,

The case, in fact, is simply stated:

With passing time their vogue abated,

And they can seem a bit outdated.

 

 

 

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April 20 - John Eliot Gardiner (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 20th may be found here: Tito Puente; Lionel Hampton (2019), Georg Michael Telemann (sic) (2020), Luther Vandross (2021), John Eliot Gardiner (2022), Nikolai Myaskovsky (2023), and Rob Stoner; Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier (2024)

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John Eliot Gardiner (b. 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Bach and Monteverdi.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News Item: John Eliot Gardiner

In August 2023, Gardiner was reported to have angrily slapped and punched English bass singer William Thomas in the face in front of cast members after Thomas exited the wrong side of the podium. — Wikipedia

A rude and excitable chap,

Whose emotions would change at a snap,

Was provoked to a rage

As the cast left the stage,

And upended his career with a slap.

 

 

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April 30 - Robert Shaw (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 30th may be found here: Franz Lehár (2019), Sheldon Harnick (2020), Robert Shaw; Alfred Gaul (2021), Merrill Osmond (2022), and Franz Lehár (2023)

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Robert Shaw (30 April 1916 – 25 January 1999) was an American conductor, especially known for his work with choirs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Couplets on Robert Shaw

During his long career, Shaw drew attention to choral music and came to be considered the "dean" of American choral conductors. His work set new choral standards in the United States, and many of his recordings are considered benchmarks for choral singing. – excerpted from Wikipedia

Robert Shaw became the dean

Of directors on the choral scene.

Standards got a little higher

With Robert Shaw before the choir;

And even now we stand in awe

Of choirs trained by Robert Shaw.

 

 

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November 18 - Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 18th are here: Carl Maria von Weber; Henry Bishop; Amelita Galli-Curci (2019), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (2020), Carl Maria von Weber; Johnny Mercer (2021), and William Schwenck Gilbert (2022)

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Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (18 November 1736 - 3 August 1800) was a German composer, harpsichordist, and choral director.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fasch, a Life in Two Rhymes

In 1756 he began service at the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia, where he served as deputy to Court harpsichordist C.P. E. Bach.  In 1791 he founded the Sing-Akademie in Berlin which quickly became an important center of Berlin's musical life.-- adapted from Wikipedia

I looked him up, and oh my gosh!

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

Had a career we shouldn’t josh.

He showed precocious artistry,

And early was a V.I.P.

With duties to accompany

For Fred the Great, with C.P.E.,

(That’s Bach), and what is more, that he

Began the Sing-akademie,

(Berlin’s, that is), where he would be

Until he died at 63.

 

 

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November 30 - Weston Noble (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 30th are here: Carl Loewe (2019), Allan Sherman (2020), and Charles-Valentin Alkan (2021)

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Weston Noble (30 November 1922 – 21 December 2016) was an American music educator and conductor, best known for his 57-year tenure on the faculty as conductor of the Nordic Choir (Luther College, Decorah IA) from 1948 to 2005 and the Luther College Concert Band from 1948 to 1973.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singet dem Herrn

Today I sing of Weston Noble,

Who took his Nordic Choir global,

A notable achievement for a

Little college from Decorah.

 

 

 

 

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