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As a concert impresario, Collisson made a name for himself for organising, from 1886, increasingly popular "Saturday
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Commins, "Collisson, Revd William Alexander Houston", in
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choir of 100 voices and an orchestra. An attempt to invite
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Dr. Collisson in and on
Ireland, A Diary of a Tour.
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171:(P. French), "musical comedietta", 1892
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338:Houston We Have A Problem
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