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226:The Passion
192:David Ogden
180:Janet Price
164:Peter Pears
160:Helen Lewis
114:W. B. Yeats
100:(1958) and
96:(1952–60),
1367:Categories
1355:Jim Samson
1349:1972–1994
1178:21 January
1138:References
925:The Coming
788:Sea Change
508:Orchestral
288:The Coming
139:, 2001).
131:) and the
1155:Who's Who
1081:(piano).
971:Ave Verum
829:Paul Dehn
650:The Bells
477:Oratorios
314:(2012).
214:Will Todd
144:John Reed
90:Robin Orr
86:Boris Ord
80:Biography
47:Cambridge
1119:, 1998,
909:MacNeice
758:Cantatas
637:Triptych
520:Nocturne
421:(1970).
355:(2001).
325:(1976),
306:(2005),
294:(1959),
282:(1998),
274:(1966),
270:(1956),
258:(1999).
252:Sketches
194:and the
1117:Ashgate
907:, five
827:, five
610:Chamber
74:Clifton
61:at the
1197:(2001)
1123:
1040:, on '
997:(2017)
991:(2007)
979:(2001)
973:(2001)
964:(1991)
958:(1976)
946:(1958)
933:(2013)
808:(1999)
802:(1977)
796:(1967)
784:(1960)
778:(1955)
766:(1952)
753:(2008)
747:(1980)
741:(1956)
728:(2014)
716:(2002)
707:(1972)
701:(1967)
695:(1960)
686:(1947)
652:(1975)
591:Ballet
586:(2013)
580:(2012)
562:(1995)
503:(1999)
497:(1989)
491:(1968)
485:(1962)
472:(1982)
466:(1979)
460:(1972)
454:(1963)
448:(1959)
442:(1959)
264:Monody
917:five
867:Lares
839:Yeats
733:Organ
678:Piano
435:Opera
360:Lares
220:Music
1180:2007
1121:ISBN
1054:and
413:and
366:and
154:and
88:and
1115:,
116:.
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1153:,
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1050:,
1036:,
1032:,
859:,
409:,
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378:,
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341:,
216:.
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204:,
190:,
186:,
182:,
178:,
174:,
170:,
166:,
150:,
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1342:,
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