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Re: Introduction
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Richard Pennycuick <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 21 Feb 1999 08:23:54 +1100
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Miguel Muelle  wrote:

>I think it was Sir Adrian Boult described the harpsichord as the sound of
>two skeletons copulating on a tin roof.

I'm almost certain it was Sir Thomas Beecham.  From what I've read of
Boult, I can't imagine him even thinking this, much less saying it.  But
it's still a great line.

Richard Pennycuick
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