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Elgar lights up?

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02:00 | Jul 10th, 2020

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On today’s date in 1919, the British composer Edward Elgar finished a work he labeled jokingly as his “Opus 1001” – a 50 second “Smoking Cantata,” intended, according to the manuscript score, as "an e...Show More



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vertebrats recommended:Jul 10th, 2020

A ~50 second cantata urging listeners to not smoke in the stairwell. Because the great composers enjoy a good laugh too

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