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composer and teacher, who wrote hundreds of works including operas, a mass, and four ballets, as well as orchestral and chamber music.
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referred to the concert as a "major national event". In
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interrupted Potter's music education, and he left college to serve with the
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at the age of 61. His body is buried in the nearby
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In 1955 Potter was appointed
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20th-century classical composers from
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for piano and orchestra, also won the
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403:for trumpet and orchestra (1967)
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889:Operas in English: A Dictionary
887:Ross Griffel, Margaret (2013).
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455:for chorus and orchestra (1966)
388:for violin and orchestra (1966)
386:Rhapsody for the End of the Day
376:for clarinet and strings (1965)
364:for violin and orchestra (1963)
328:for piano and orchestra (1952)
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397:Concerto for Orchestra (1967)
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682:En passant par la Guyenne
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18:A.J. Potter
924:Categories
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648:Song Suite
598:The Violet
229:Greystones
160:Arnold Bax
104:prize for
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308:Orchestra
138:in 1953.
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