Composers who loved football: a comprehensive XI

Composers who loved football: a comprehensive XI

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norman lebrecht

October 25, 2017

The composer James MacMillan feels an empathy with others in his vocation who cannot stay off the pitch.

Did you know, for instance, that Edward Elgar was ‘mad about Wolverhampton Wanderers’ or that a living Finnish composer is obsessed by Everton (poor chap).

Read the full lineup in this month’s Standpoint.

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