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I have an 18th century German with first name Henri

My music Encyclopedia also shows one with first name Max b1873

I wonder what other solvers have chosen

I think you'll find that 14a is a German, first name Max, the sesquicentenary of whose birth falls this year.

Snap!

Will7
Max is the most likely. The problem with Doc is that there are frequently more than one option for his unclued and there is no real way of confirming

Today's Spectator puzzle is a far better one and I didn't spot any ambiguities..

Hello thanks to all.
I'll go with Max!!
Cheers
Nelson

Jazzgirl - Max is really the only person of standing who would fit at 14 and, although his anniversary has gone almost unacknowledged by the Proms, he opens the Berlin Philharmonic's season next week.

I spent some time last week expecting 14 to be the theme word alluded to in 25 and wondering what that G was doing there as middle letter! Eventually I realized that that theme word didn't have its own entry.

Many thanks Will37. Max does have far more columns dedicated to him in my 1961 Music Encyclopaedia which I should have taken more notice of .