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Re: Sir Vernon Handley?
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:16:37 -0700
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Richard Pennycuick ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Some knights always insist on signing themselves Sir.  I remember Sir
>Adrian Boult would occasionally write to Gramophone, but he never used
>his title.  I suspect Vernon Handley is cast in the same mould.  And I
>still don't know why he's known as Tod.

And Vaughan Williams (and Britten?) turned one down.

Deryk Barker
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