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Elgar Vs Smith ?
http://www.telegraph....ational-disgrace.html
Telegraph today reports
“£20 Elgar note withdrawal 'a national disgrace'
The arts will no longer be represented on Bank of England notes from this Thursday – a decision branded a "national disgrace" by a music academic
The older style £20 note bearing an image of Sir Edward Elgar ceases to be legal tender at midnight on Wednesday (June 30), replaced by a new note featuring the Scottish economist Adam Smith.”
Smith expounded, in The Wealth of Nations, how rational self-interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity and well-being. It also provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade and capitalism. Smith also wrote other philosophic works .The Wealth of Nations is considered one of the great achievements in human intellectual history". P. J. O'Rourke describes Smith as the "founder of free market economics".
Whilst
Elgar gave us the Pomp and Circumstance Marches (with Land of Hope Glory lyrics since added), the glorious (played on Remembrance Day) Nimrod, Enigma Variations, masterpiece First Symphony, the Cello Concerto, the Violin Concerto, and many more great works. “… Anyone who doubts Elgar's genius should take the first opportunity of hearing The Dream of Gerontius, which remains his masterpiece,”
Do you agree with Prof Jeremy Dibble that: "The withdrawal of the Sir Edward Elgar £20 note is a national disgrace” - and the view that Elgar was the greater of the these two British giants ?
Telegraph today reports
“£20 Elgar note withdrawal 'a national disgrace'
The arts will no longer be represented on Bank of England notes from this Thursday – a decision branded a "national disgrace" by a music academic
The older style £20 note bearing an image of Sir Edward Elgar ceases to be legal tender at midnight on Wednesday (June 30), replaced by a new note featuring the Scottish economist Adam Smith.”
Smith expounded, in The Wealth of Nations, how rational self-interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity and well-being. It also provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade and capitalism. Smith also wrote other philosophic works .The Wealth of Nations is considered one of the great achievements in human intellectual history". P. J. O'Rourke describes Smith as the "founder of free market economics".
Whilst
Elgar gave us the Pomp and Circumstance Marches (with Land of Hope Glory lyrics since added), the glorious (played on Remembrance Day) Nimrod, Enigma Variations, masterpiece First Symphony, the Cello Concerto, the Violin Concerto, and many more great works. “… Anyone who doubts Elgar's genius should take the first opportunity of hearing The Dream of Gerontius, which remains his masterpiece,”
Do you agree with Prof Jeremy Dibble that: "The withdrawal of the Sir Edward Elgar £20 note is a national disgrace” - and the view that Elgar was the greater of the these two British giants ?
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How many people can actually name who is on the back of £5, £10, £20 or £50 notes without looking
I know I certainly couldn't, the notes are in my wallet facing frontwards so I never actually look at the back, the only thing that interests me on them is the number denoting their value
......and for those who can perhaps you need to get a life
At the end of the day who cares? It's a piece of paper which is of monetary value. You spend it, not study it
I know I certainly couldn't, the notes are in my wallet facing frontwards so I never actually look at the back, the only thing that interests me on them is the number denoting their value
......and for those who can perhaps you need to get a life
At the end of the day who cares? It's a piece of paper which is of monetary value. You spend it, not study it
Quizmonster - you is obviously an egghead and maybe scots - and I AM supporting Murray at this very moment - but it is self evident that the Bank of England notes should have an English Icon on the back and not another Scots blokey - its only fair - after all we've just had 13 years of our dear Scots mafia aka McBlair and McBroon and McDarling et al dictating to us whilst they created their very own backup Parliament in Scootland for the Salman Clan. And Scotland has got its own very great RBS as developed by Fred the Shred and now supported very largely by English taxpayers
So come on - give Elgar another chance !
Also have a listen to his Nimrod - shivers down anyones spine whos got one !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnMd1Jl7SA
So come on - give Elgar another chance !
Also have a listen to his Nimrod - shivers down anyones spine whos got one !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnMd1Jl7SA
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