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# Donald Francis Tovey

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Sir Donald Francis Tovey was a British music analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist. He had been best known for his Essays in Musical Analysis and his editions of works by Bach and Beethoven, but since the 1990s his compositions have been recorded and performed with

##  Quotes by Donald Francis Tovey

> [“The trombone and side-drums in the chamber music of Stravinsky will do well enough in a very smart house-party where all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-francis-tovey/the-trombone-and-side-drums-in-the-chamber-music-of-stravinsky-will/)

Donald Francis Tovey

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