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Bodleian Collections, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir Walter Scott warned that schoolchildren must not expect to be entertained all the time.
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By Friedrich August von Kloeber (1793-1864), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Everyone wanted to know who Beethoven’s favourite composer was.
Unknown Artist, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
In 1837 William Sterndale Bennett, then regarded as England’s most exciting young composer, made history in quite another... field.
By Steven van der Meulen (d. 1568), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Sir James Melville eavesdrops on Queen Elizabeth I’s music practice, and incurs Her Majesty’s displeasure.
From an engraving by DJ Pound, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domaon
Acclaimed in Germany as a composer on a par with Mendelssohn himself, Bennett sacrificed his life and talents for music in Britain.
By Leslie Ward (1851-1922), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
The great British public leaves a German tourist speechless during a county match at the Oval in London.