June 25 - Carly Simon; Gustave Charpentier (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 25th, both on Gustave Charpentier are found here: (2019) and (2020), Carly Simon; Gustave Charpentier (2021)

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Carly Simon (b. 25 June 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuit in Vain

 

It’s never been clear who’s “so vain”

In spite of an active campaign

To pressure and parley

To try to get Carly

To explain her most famous refrain.

 

 

 

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French composer Gustave Charpentier (25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) had an improbably long life and one highly successful opera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style Points

Perhaps the appropriate way

Of fêting Monsieur Charpentier

Is by playing Louise

On LPs or CDs

While uncorking a nice cabernet.

 

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June 24 - Harry Partch (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 24th are found here: Terry Riley (2019), Harry Partch (2019), and Hugo Distler; Terry Riley; Harry Partch (2021)

 

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Harry Partch (24 June 1901 – 3 September 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward! Partch!

The music made

  By Harry Partch

Is rarely played

  By those who march.

Right off the bat,

  The fact prevails

That gizmos that

  Can play his scales

Take lots of space,

  Are fragile, and

They have no place

  In marching band.

 

 

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June 23 - Johann Baptist Schiedenmayer (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 23rd are found here: Carl Reinecke (2019), Stuart Sutcliffe (2020), and Helen Humes (2021)

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Schiedermayer, Johann Baptist, (23 June 1779 - 6 January 1840) German organist and composer, born in Pfaffenmünster, Bavaria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relatively Speaking

Of Pfaffenmünster’s famous sons,

(Of whom, no doubt, there have been tons),

There’s none with reputation higher

Than Johann Baptist Schiedermayer, —-

Which says a lot about the ones

With claims to be the Münster’s sons.

 

 

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June 22 - Peter Pears (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 22nd are found here: Peter Pears (2019). Theodor Leschetizky (2020), and Cyndi Lauper (20210

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Peter Pears (22 June 1910 – 3 April 1986) was an English tenor and partner of Benjamin Britten. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

 

His voice had a distinctive timbre, not to all tastes, however he could use his voice very well in singing many musical styles. -- Wikipedia 

Pears had a timbre

   Both peculiar and striking,

Not golden or amber,

   Or to everyone’s liking;

But you’ll grow to expect 

  That distinction abounds,

When you learn to accept

  His quite curious sounds.

 

 

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June 21 - Henry Holden Huss; Louis Krasner (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for June 21th are found here: Alois Hába (2019), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (2020), and Lalo Schifrin (2021)

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Henry Holden Huss (21 June 1862 - 17 September 1953) was an American composer, pianist, and music teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HHH

As a composer, he was regarded as one of the best of his generation by those who counted, but unfortunately, it was at a time when American composers could rarely get a hearing for their works. – Wikipedia

There’s no one now to make a fuss

For Mr. Henry Holden Huss.

He lived for over ninety years,

Was well regarded by his peers,

And yet he is unknown to us,

This Mr. Henry Holden Huss.

 

 

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Louis Krasner (21 June 1903 – 4 May 1995) was an American classical violinist. After his solo career he was concertmaster of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra for a time, and had several important teaching positions.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double Limerick

He premiered the violin concertos of both Berg and Schoemberg, and championed works of Casella, Cowell, Sessions, and Roy Harris. - based on Wikipedia

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The fervor which Krasner conveyed

In a career that became a crusade,

Was fueled by a creed

That believed in the need

For Schoenberg and Berg to be played.

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There were those who would grumble, but stayed.

There were those who just mumbled and prayed.

There were those of a breed

That was frail and weak-kneed,

Who listened but needed first aid.

 

 

 

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