LETTER : Rousing chorus

From Mrs Gretchen Mason

Sir: Further to KH Brend's inquiry (letter, 12 August), I grew up in the eastern United States and we stood for the Hallelujah Chorus. Later, in 1951, in Paris, my companions and I and a number of other "Anglo-Saxons" dotted about the hall found ourselves rising at this point as accustomed - presumably to the mystification of the rest of the audience, who remained comfortably seated.

Yours faithfully,

Gretchen Mason

Norwich

15 August