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Music Feature Wandering Minstrels Wandering Minstrels

Sarah Walker uncovers the forgotten story of the Wandering Minstrels, an orchestra of aristocrats who gave the first ever concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1871. Images courtesy of the British Library.

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Henry Le Patourel - principal flute of the Wandering Minstrels

A party trick was to play the flute with one hand and piano with the other simultaneously

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