Beethoven's shopping list

Sir, – Jim Murphy (January 18th) suggests that Beethoven’s Chopin Liszt was short as he may be Bach for the sales

Sir, – Jim Murphy (January 18th) suggests that Beethoven’s Chopin Liszt was short as he may be Bach for the sales. In fact he’s Offenbach sooner. – Yours, etc,

JIM DOHERTY,

Lansdowne Square,

Dublin 4.

Sir, – If Beethoven goes Bach for the sales, to be Franck I fear he must get a Handel on things or he will be on a Haydn to nothing. – Yours, etc,

PETER MCCARTHY,

Blessington, Co Wicklow.

Sir, – Can we stop the composer puns? I’ll not Stanford it. – Yours, etc,

SEAN KENNY,

Otomaru machi,

Kanazawa-shi,

Ishikawa-ken, Japan.

Sir, – Please, enough of these facetious missives about Beethoven’s “Chopin Liszt”. I don’t think I can Handel any more of them. – Yours, etc,

PAUL DELANEY,

Beacon Hill,

Dalkey, Co Dublin.