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Thomas Beecham
Once described by the BBC as 'Britain's first international conductor', Sir
Thomas Beecham's legend stands high in the annals of classical music. Born on
April 29, 1879, he came from a wealthy family. His father Sir Joseph Beecham had
made his fortune from manufacturing Beecham pills and the young Thomas was
spared no expense in his early life growing up in St Helens, Lancashire in the
1890s. He had his first music lessons from a local organist and went on to
attend the Rossall School in Lancashire before going to Wadham Colleg in Oxford,
but left to pursue music. Self-taught as ...
