With this post I am beginning a new series of verse (mostly limericks) celebrated musicians on the day of their birth. Today it's Dimitri Mitropoulos (1 March [O. S. 18 February] 1896 – 2 November 1960).
Wary of Greeks…
When conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Was at work this very metropolis
The patrons had fears
That his twelve tone premieres
Were signs of the coming apocalypse.
(Program from my collection)
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