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2 unusual facts about The Anvil


London Mozart Players

As well as Fairfield Halls, the LMP is resident at The Anvil, Basingstoke, Turner Sims, Southampton and in the South Holland and East Lindsey districts of Lincolnshire.

The Anvil

The Anvil, Basingstoke, a theatre and concert hall in Basingstoke, England



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The Harmonious Blacksmith

The story is that Handel, when working for James Brydges the future Duke of Chandos at Cannons between 1717 and 1718, once took shelter from the rain in a smithy, and was inspired to write his tune upon hearing the hammer on the anvil; the regularly repeated pedal note (B in the right hand) in the first variation, can give the impression of a blacksmith hammering.