September 23 - John Coltrane (The Musical Birthday Seires, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 23rd are here: John Coltrane; Ray Charles; Bruce Springsteen (2019), John Lomax; Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (2020), Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder (2021), and John Lomax (2022)

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John Coltrane (23 September 1926 – 17 July 1967) was a revered jazz saxophonist and composer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traning Wheels

Coltrane’s sound was made up of musical and mechanical elements that he had the genius to blend into one of the most recognizable “signatures’ in Jazz history. – Steven Cerra, “How John Coltrane Got His Sound,” at jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/

Though it’s been decades since he died,

The cult of Coltrane spread so wide,

That no one plays the saxophone

Without awareness of his tone.

So blow your horn, and face the facts,

That Trane forever changed the sax. 

 

 

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September 22 - Michael Torke (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 22nd are here: Debby Boone (2019), Andrea Bocelli; Anton Filtz (2020), Arthur Pryor (2021), and Michael Torke (2022)

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Michael Torke (b. 22 September 1961) is an American composer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Man

A synesthete, he is the composer of numerous pieces that include colors in the titles.  – Wikipedia

Before you listen, here is your key

To the works of Michael Torke.

In a concert or recital

Color, you will find, is vital.

Michael Torke hears in hues,

Even when it’s not the blues.

September 21 - Gustav Holst (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 21st are here: Gustav Holst; Billy Porter (2019), Leonard Cohen (2020), Gustav Holst (2021), and Gustav Holst (2022)

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Gustav Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Holst composed The Planets and

He also wrote two suites for band,

Since all these works are never bland,

As marketing might say, “on-brand”,

And since they’re also rather grand,

Both popular and in demand,

They're often played throughout the land.

 

 

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September 20 - Gottfried Scheidt (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 20th are here: William Kapell (2019), Ildebrando Pizzetti (2020), Frank De Vol (2021), and John Dankworth (2022)

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Gottfried Scheidt (20 September 1593 – 3 June 1661) was a German composer and organist.  He was the younger brother and pupil of the much better known Samuel Scheidt.  The sibling rivalry mention in the verse is purely conjectural.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

In Germany each family clan,

According to a standard plan

Determined, as his life began,

His occupation as a man.

A case in point, that one might cite,

Occurred within the family Scheidt,

Where Samuel shone with light so bright

That Gottfried took it as a slight.

 

 

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September 19 - Trisha Yearwood; Leo VI the Wise (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 19th are here: Cass Elliot; Rex Smith (2019), Karen Khachaturian (2020), Fred Ahlert; Paul Williams (2021), and Brian Epstein; Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf (2022)

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Trisha Yearwood (b. 19 September 1964) is an American country singer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singing for Supper

 

Yearwood spent several years on hiatus from her own musical career to focus on other projects. She published three successful cookbooks, which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. -- Wikipedia

Applaud Trisha Yearwood, whose books

Are best-selling volumes for cooks;

So Trisha got rich in

Her career and her kitchen,

Not to mention, she married Garth Brooks.

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Leo VI the Wise (19 September 866 – 11 May 912), was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words from on High

 

There are several stichera (hymns) attributed to him that are chanted on Lazarus Saturday in the Eastern Orthodox Church. -- Wikipedia

That Alpha-bro Byzantine guys

Like Emperor Leo the Wise

Wrote hymns, from their perch,

For the Orthodox church,

Was to me a most pleasant surprise.

 

 

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September 18 - Lord Berners (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for September 18th are here: Lord Berners; Francesca Caccini (2019), Arthur Benjamin (2020), Agnes De Mille; Johann Gottfried Walther (2021), and Ignaz Holzbauer (2022)

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Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 1883 – 19 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter and aesthete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

 

Berners himself once said that he would have been a better composer if he had accepted fewer lunch invitations. -- Wikipedia

 

Said Berners, “I’m here to confess

That the cause of my meager success,

Is that when they say ‘Stay,

For our luncheon today,'

I pretty much always say yes.”

 

 

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