Thursday, September 24, 2020

September 24 - John Rutter; Anthony Newley (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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John Rutter (b. 24 September 1945) is a well-known and prolific choral conductor, composer, and arranger.  [For last year's verses on Jo...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

September 23 - John Lomax; Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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Last September 23 I presented a series of nonsense couplets called "Nopes".  I decided to continue this idea this year. ( click he...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

September 22 - Andrea Bocelli; Anton Filtz (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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Andrea Bocelli (b. 22 September 1958) is an popular Italian tenor and songwriter. [For last year's limerick on Debby Boone click here ....
Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21 - Leonard Cohen (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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Leonard Cohen (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, poet, and novelist.  [For last year's thoughts o...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

September 20 - Ildebrando Pizzetti (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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Ildebrando Pizzetti (20 September 1880 – 13 February 1968) was an Italian composer, musicologist, and music critic. I know of no basis in f...
Saturday, September 19, 2020

September 19 - Karen Khachaturian (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

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Karen Khachaturian (19 September 1920 – 19 July 2011) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Armenian ethnicity and the nephew of composer  A...