LONDON STATUES - MUSIC
London Statues - Music As usual, clicking on the names of subjects will take you to their Wikipedia entries. I must admit this uncultured philistine was a bit out of his comfort zone with anyone born before John Lennon. It was once said a cultured person could be defined as someone who could listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. My younger readers can click here for an explanation. My older readers can probably still recite the voice-over. For trivia enthusiasts, there's' a Music Biopic Quiz at the end. There are some clues in the preceding list of statues. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Beethoven is the composer who smashed open the door between the Classical and Romantic eras and then refused to apologise. The irony, of course, is that some of his most powerful work was written after he had lost his hearing. Albert Memorial, Hyde Park This statue of ...