THE MUSICAL BIRTHDAY SERIES
Light verse, topical rhymes, limericks, nonsense, and poetry parody celebrating musical birthdays
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
November 25 - Virgil Thomson (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)
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Virgil Thomson (25 November 1896 – 30 September 1989) was an American composer and music critic. [For last year's verses on Ethelbert ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
November 24 - Teddy Wilson (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)
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Teddy Wilson (24 November 1912 – 31 July 1986) was an American jazz pianist. [For last year's limerick on Scott Joplin click here .] Re...
Monday, November 23, 2020
November 23 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Jerry Bock (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)
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Krzysztof Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was one of the preeminent Polish composer of his time. [For last years limerick, al...
Sunday, November 22, 2020
November 22 - Cecil Sharp (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)
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Cecil Sharp (22 November 1859 – 23 June 1924) was instrumental in the revival of interest in English folk song and folk dancing. [For last ...
Saturday, November 21, 2020
November 21 - Malcolm Williamson (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)
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Malcolm Williamson (21 November 1931 – 2 March 2003) was an Australian composer. He was the Master of the Queen’s Music from 1975 until hi...
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