Mozart's 12th Mass, Beethoven's
Adelaida, Rossini's Stabat
Mater etc. played in the streets.
And I have been guilty of
giving them gold. And on
Xmas Eve a man with a
trumpet came straight from
heaven at midnight to
perform the Angels' song.
Now the Park bands' execution
is excellent but the music
detestably frivolous. And the
"Waits" a horrid squeak.
Still Burton is a hero to
'go'. And I hope you
encourage him. Was he
absent when you & your
lady were so good as to
go to Lea Hurst?
I hope to see her
some day. ever yours F.N.