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Friends with Sir Arthur Sullivan
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10 unexpected ways Charles Dickens was connected to classical music
3. Friends with Sir Arthur Sullivan
Charles Dickens was a good friend of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s. Together they saw Gluck’s opera ‘Orfeo’ while in Paris. ‘He rushed about tremendously all the time and I was often with him,’ Sullivan said of Dickens. ‘His electric vitality was extreme, but it was inspiring and not overpowering.’
