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The Column: Is the Birgit Nilsson Prize $1 Million Well Spent on the Vienna Phil?
UK Culture Secretary Maria Miller Resigns, Industry Nervously Eyes Her Successor Sajid Javid
It's all change at the top of the UK arts scene as the government's Culture Secretary Maria Miller resigns after becoming embroiled in a scandal over her expenses (she was cleared of the major charges, but still has to pay several thousand pounds of claimed expenses back). Music pros on social media were hardly lamenting her departure, but neither as yet were they over-optimistic about her successor, Sajid Javid Listening to the Bawdy Bellower Nerd: Amusing Anagrams of Famous Composers’ Names
Just for fun, we decided to test some anagram generators on the Web by typing in the names of our favorite composers. What hidden meanings might be lurking in these famous names?