Sir, – Donal Moore (January 20th) threatens to leave Ireland for Britten if there are any more composer puns. Having made this “free choice of lifestyle”, I wonder will he be Offenbach. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I’m not sure why Beethoven had to go to the bother of writing up a shopping list (Breaking News, January 10th). Why didn’t he just Telemann what he wanted? – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I baroque my sides Lauten when I Traetta unRavel the Messiaen with Beethoven’s Chopin Liszt. Peersons have been very Bizet, but to be Franck they have Coste me a lot of Strauss. – Yours, etc,
Sir, – I am Verdi annoyed by this endless punning.
Hoddinott paid my subscription to The Irish Times, I would Adam well stop reading it.
Please, Finzi it at once – Mahlerned friends and I are all Straussed out by it. – Yours, etc,