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The Moray Minstrels
music through dense clouds of tobacco smoke
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1865 Invitation to F. Leighton Esq. A.R.A. (later Sir Frederic Leighton) showing the Moray Minstrels (described in the text below). Wood engraving after Frederick Walker.
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June 2026
CRYSTAL PALACE TRIENNIAL…
The Greatest Musical Event of the Year
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May 2026
Louis Antoine JULLIEN (1…
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April 2026
Charles BURNEY (1726-181…
he laid the foundations of all subsequent English works on the history of music
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February 2026
Giovanni Pierluigi da PA…
Master of polyphonic counterpoint
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January 2026
Dame Nellie Melba’…
still remembered for the extraordinary purity of her tone and for the perfection and brilliance of her technique
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November 2025
Charles FILTSCH (1830-18…
Chopin said that he played his music better than he himself.
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October 2025
Johann STRAUSS II (1825-…
The Waltz King
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September 2025
Yorkshire Musical Festiv…
Amusements of the highest order.
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August 2025
Kate LODER (1825-1904)
Perfect pitch at the age of three!
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June 2025
Marie BREMA (1856-1925)
The first English singer to be invited to sing at Bayreuth.
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May 2025
Dr Mark and his Little M…
“Dr Mark and his Little Men” was a remarkable musical phenomenon in mid-19th century Britain. Between 1851 and 1868 Dr Bertram van der Mark travelled ceas…
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April 2025
Jean DE RESZKE (1850-192…
Celebrated Polish tenor
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