David George Taylor

The Cellist David George Taylor

"I have always thought," said the Prince of Wales, contemplating the empty oyster shells upon his plate, "that one should play upon the delights of life as a musician upon the strings of a..." "Of a violin?" offered Helène Dampière. "Of a cello, I think," added His Royal Highness, "an instrument of deeper range, I believe...in point of fact, a Dr. Richard Hurd drew up a plan of study for myself and my brother, which included, among other things, lessons in morals, mathematics, baking bread, boxing and performing on the cello. For some reason I never got around to studying the instrument..."