BY TOPIC: issues | dance | ideas | media | music | people | publishing | theatre | visual | about | classifieds | advertise | AJ Blogs | links | video | home











AJ your way: headlines | front page | classic | previous days | rss

music
Edward Elgar Was A Terrible Trombone Player
A newly rediscovered letter reveals the awful truth. "His skills were so poor that when the composer from Worcester started playing a specially inscribed trombone for a dear friend, she ran out of the room in a fit of hysterical laughter, leaving the composer swearing in frustration." The Independent (UK) 11/20/09
Posted November 19, 2009 09:55 PM





Email to a Friend
Email this entry to:


Your email address:


Message (optional):



AJ newsletters

Join our 30,000 subscribers
Free Daily
Free Weekly


Unsubscribe/change