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Allon was responsible for about thirty compositions, including six
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on 15 December 1896. (Other composers included in this group were
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Henry
Erskine Allon was born on 16 October 1864 to the prominent
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Wallace, William. 'Young
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Journal of the United
Reformed Church History Society
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as he suspected the Tory government in power (whose
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