John G. Deacon ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I believe that the name Philharmonia belonged to his company (Philharmonia
>Concert Society).  Years later, after Legge's death, the NPO bought back
>the original name.

I've seen this stated before, but it doesn't quite work:  the NPO became
the Philharmonia again in 1977 but Legge died in 1979.

Deryk Barker
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