Decomposing Composers lyrics Beethoven's gone but his music lives on
And Mozart don't go shopping no more
You'll never meet Liszt or Brahms again
And Elgar doesn't answer the door
Schubert and Chopin used to chuckle and laugh
Whilst composing a long symphony
But one hundred and fifty years later
There's very little of them left to see
They're decomposing composers
There's nothing much anyone can do
You can still hear Beethoven
But Beethoven cannot hear you
Handel and Haydn and Rachmaninov
Enjoyed a nice drink with their meal
But nowadays, no one will serve them
And their gravy is left to congeal
Verdi and Wagner delighted the crowds
With their highly original sound
The pianos they played are still working
But they're both six feet underground
They're decomposing composers
There's less of them every year
You can say what you like to Debussy
But there's not much of him left to hear
Claude Achille Debussy-- Died, 1918
Christophe Willebald Gluck-- Died, 1787
Carl Maria von Weber-- Not at all well, 1825. Died, 1826.
Giacomo Meyerbeer-- Still alive, 1863
Not still alive, 1864
Modeste Mussorgsky-- 1880 going to parties No fun anymore 1881.
Johan Nepomuk Hummel-- Chatting away nineteen to the dozen with his
mates down the pub every evening 1836. 1837, nothing