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Paul Silverthorne <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Mar 2006 20:59:45 -0000
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That reminds me of Elisabeth Lutyens who got fed up of these names,
and when late in her life was commissioned to write a new string quartet
counted up her existing ones with names like Plenum 3, Diurnal, etc and
called the new one pithily and accurately 'Quartet No 13'.

Paul Silverthorne
Principal Viola - London Symphony Orchestra
Principal Viola - London Sinfonietta
Professor of Viola - Royal Academy of Music - London

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