As should by this point be becoming clearer, I like a wild goose chase. In this case, a very short Wikipedia article on Harriet Maitland Young (1838-1923) got my attention, a composer about whom very little is known other than her mention in the Women’s Work in Music (1903). The Wikipedia article lists four operettas by Young, and notes she is buried in Camden. So if we dig a bit more… what do we find? I think you’ll know by now I can’t resist a mystery adventure.
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‘The Boxer’ Simon & Garfunkel (1969)
I am sat in Preston Guild Hall, enraptured by the lyrical brilliance of the guitar duo my Dad has taken me to see. I can’t be more than 12, I could be at Madison Square Gardens or the Hollywood Bowl (except I don’t yet know they exist because I live in Lancashire). I am here to see the incredible lyrics of two men singing in close harmony with the unique sound of gentle guitar accompaniment, listening to songs that are surely going to change popular music.
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Sarah Whitfield 