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After his retirement, Neel worked on his memoirs, which were edited and published posthumously by his friend, J. David Finch. The book also includes an extensive discography of recordings of the Boyd Neel
Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neel for Decca Records between 1934
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for string orchestra, first played at the
Canterbury Festival on 14 June 1939. It was subsequently recorded in February 1940. The orchestra toured Great Britain and Europe until the outbreak of war.
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for 18 string instruments as a 10th birthday present to the Boyd Neel
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for its 1947 and 1948 London seasons at Sadler's Wells, performing the
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for them to perform. It shares much the same emotional terrain as
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