Walter Meyer ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>Geoffrey Ponton wrote:
>
>>As a boy I was given a book called 'Fifty of the Famous Music Composers'.
>>It is dated 1945 and is thought-provoking both for its inclusions and
>>omissions. The composers listed are:
>
>Two Johann Strauss' and Richard Wagner, but no Richard Strauss. Exceeding
>strange.
And the inclusion of Balfe wasn't?
Deryk Barker
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