1721 - Keyboards, wigs, empires and poetry

In 1721 Bach composed
One of his most enduring works of all
The suite called The Brandenburg Concertos
Before moving to Leipzig; what a full
Composing and procreating schedule
(Twenty children, though some died young, no doubt)
This was also the year Robert Walpole
Became the first de facto PM, clout
Now with a commoner, bewigged and stout
Peter the First, Emperor of the Russias
Fully extended his westernised rule
Becoming known in the process as 'Great'
Back to today, Chorlton Festival shows
On radio, and Jude's reading, both went well