tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-80823318535718450782007-05-25T16:45:00.000+01:002007-05-25T16:45:00.000+01:00Cliques have always existed in music and always will exist; they do not matter ...<BR/><BR/><I>The following letter appeared in the March 7 1920 edition of Music and Letters.</I><BR/><BR/>Dear Sir,<BR/><BR/>My attention has been called in the last week to a sentence in an article on myself in your first number, which mentions a clique associated with the name of Sir Hubert Parry. Cliques have always existed in music and always will exist; they do not matter. All I am concerned with is the mention of Sir Hubert Parry's name, with the implication that he in some way slighted me. This is quite a mistake.<BR/><BR/>The moment to enumerate the many occasions on which Parry advised me is not now; I hope to make known all I owe to his ungrudging kindness at some future time.<BR/><BR/>Yours faithfully,<BR/>Edward Elgar<BR/>The AthenaeumPliablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com