Britons’ Ignorance of Classical Music

The Guardian reports today on a survey that apparently shows that more than half of Britons polled did not know that Elgar was English, or that Beethoven was born in Germany. But before I get too worked up about this appalling ignorance and start tut-tutting about the state of knowledge today, I should perhaps reflect that my knowledge of today’s pop music is practically non-existent. Pot, kettle, black.