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Sea-Music: An
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972:The Language of Flowers
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1200:Oh, soft was the song
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1058:As I laye a-thynkynge
1028:Through the Long Days
953:The Spirit of England
621:Three Bavarian Dances
503:The Starlight Express
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613:Serenade for Strings
472:List of compositions
259:Trevor Hold (2005),
1144:Come, Gentle Night!
1042:The Shepherd's Song
581:Powick Asylum Music
487:Diarmuid and Grania
383:Alan Blyth (1986),
1242:The Blue Mountains
1179:Follow the Colours
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495:The Crown of India
231:These New Puritans
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1121:The Swimmer
921:The Kingdom
753:Concertante
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576:(1869–1907)
182:accelerando
177:syncopation
173:colla parte
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1379:1888 songs
1369:1859 poems
1363:Categories
986:A War Song
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565:Orchestral
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597:Froissart
589:Sevillana
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56:in 1888.
54:Sea Music
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