29 NOVEMBER 1969, Page 6
The best blow
CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS
Lady Barbirolli, encouraged by her husband, the conductor Sir John Barbirolli, is half- way through a three-volume work for do-it- yourself oboists—Daily Mail.
Lady Barbirolli Thought it would be frightfully jolly If only hobos
Could learn oboesi
Her lord and conductor,
When asked to instruct her, Said no thesis could be properer For magna operaj