The “Grand Canyon Suite” brings a burst from a cloud;
Each march by Sir Edward has pomp and is proud.
Much music of Mahler is lengthy and loud,
And Haydn quartets are quite mannered and mild.

Great Bach wrote cantatas long into the night;
Mussorgsky’s “Bald Mountain” is always a fright.
Von Reznicek’s output is ever so slight,
And Gershwin’s concertos are sassy and bright.

“Pachelbel’s Canon” uplifts us today,
And music of Mozart can sweep us away.
The Chopin concertos turn night into day,
And Zoltán Kodály inspires us to play.

Puccini wrote operas that thrill and amuse,
But Ellington gave us a taste for the Blues.
While Strauss wrote those waltzes—so many to choose!
Yet Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody” grabs like the News.

Franz Liszt gave us music to nourish a need,
And Holst with “The Planets” is magic indeed.
Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre...” inspires us to seed;
Such masters of music are still the top breed.