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Letter: Arturo's humdinger

Sir: I recall that at the Salzburg Festival of 1935, Arturo Toscanini hummed the melodies loudly enough to be heard in the eighth row.

Can anyone beat that?

Yours faithfully,

COLIN STAMP

London, SW13

7 July

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