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Alan Moss wrote:
>One British conductor whose name, for reasons I cannot understand, has
>AFAIK yet to appear even in the lower ranks of the British Honours List,
>is Richard S. Hickox, who has made an enormous contribution (in various
>ways and in many different countries) especially to British music. ...
Just a matter of time, I would think. Hickox will be next.
Richard Pennycuick wrote:
>Tony Duggan wrote:
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>>Remember that when Knighthoods are awarded by the Queen to non-British
>>citizens they cannot use the title "Sir". So Andre Previn and Bernard
>>Haitink carry just the letters KBE after their name.
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>However, there are non-British holders of knighthoods who do use the
>title, Sir Charles Mackerras being one example.
Mackerras holds Australian citizenship and is therefore fully entitled to
use "Sir" before his name. What I should have said was "British citizens
and citizens of Commonwelath countries where the Queen is Head of State",
like she is in Australia. What will happen when Australia becomes a
Republic, I don't know. Perhaps Mackerras well be defrocked.
Tony Duggan, England.
Mahler recordings survey:
http://www.musicweb.uk.net/Mahler/index.html
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