Posted on 10/25/2020 1:08:55 PM PDT by Borges
:)
Likewise, Virgil and Homer had last names. How come nobody ever uses them?
Tibbs and Simpson, just so you know.
That was a Cracker of a post.
If I say “Anna,” to my (10 YO) granddaughter, she knows whom I am talking about!
ML/NJ
Black composers who are known by their last names only:
Joplin, Marsalis (unless you have to distinguish him from his brother), Ellington, Armstrong (often called Satchmo or Louie), Gordy, Holliday, Cooke, Lamar, Combs, Hayes, Drake (actually a middle name), Parker, Coltrane, Davis (Despite how common it is), Monk, Hancock, Gillespie, Doggie Dogg (just kidding).
Also worthy of note: Michael (not Jackson because of his siblings), Prince (not Rogers who wrote the Sound of Music), Ella, Fiddy (not Twenny).
Great composers are known by the quality of their music, not the color of their skin. A first name isn’t needed for the great ones. Everyone knows who they are. The “also rans” need complete names since they are unrecognizable with out them. Who cares what their skin color or gender is.
Dutch ancestors
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