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4BR Quiz

The return of the 4BR quiz to test your brains.

Composer
 

The welcome return of the 4BR quiz as we seek to broaden the minds of our readers with snippets of odd musical information that may one day come in handy.

All you have to do is let us know which famous bespectacled composer is peering down at bandsmen and women in Montreux (above)...

a) Philip Wilby
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) John Lennon

The winner picked out of the electronic hat on Friday will get a nice trio of brass band CDs.

Answers:

E-mail us the answer before midday on Friday 31st July with your contact telephone details at: quiz@4barsrest.com

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