Proms online

On Monday, the BBC Proms launched an online archive containing all 7,168 concerts in its 115-year history, including soloists, conductors and ensembles. (Read my colleague Tom Service on why it's cause for celebration here.) While musicologists can debate the rights and wrongs of Wagner being the Proms' most performed composer (5,892 performances, well ahead of Beethoven, a distant second at just 2,818), the archive is a goldmine for historians.For instance, you'll be pleased to know that even...

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