Les Troyens by H. Berlioz,
Is an opera where you should not doze.
Symphonie Fantastique
Has five movements (all chic)
Dies Irae occurs at its close.
Tchaikovsky's first name it was Peter,
And no one wrote melodies neater.
His great works balletic
Are never emetic,
Nutcracker could not be much Suite-er.
Dvorak, first name Antonin,
Wrote some pieces with fire, some serene.
His tour of U.S.
Spawned The New World (his bes') --
No dumky*, his works are all keen.
*(Name applied to his 4th Piano Trio. It's the plural of dumka which means a song or lament of captive people.)
The great Englishman, Gustav Holst,
Was known not to brag or to bolst.
Found a wife (had to whoop at her),
Then finished off "Jupiter",
The Planets is what I like molst.
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