> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 14:06:08 +1000 (EST)
> From: Ann Verna Beedell <A.Beedell@hum.gu.edu.au>
>
> Yes, you're quite right 'T'. That was sloppy on my part. London was the
> centre only in that it had the largest musical market. In that
> sense it was a Mecca for most performers, composers and conductors. The
> point I was trying to make that it is curious that with all this
> activity, English music as a creative force could still not be enticed
> out of its churchy provincialism. Ann.
Not sure what era you're describing, but by the late 19th Century, both
Birmingham and Manchester (with the Halle Orchestra) the had become nearly as
important as musical performance and education centres in the UK.
Karen Mercedes
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