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Bill Thompson's Delius site and links
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Rosemary Duxbury
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Very comprehensive
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Maud Hodson
Holst Birthplace Museum
Holst
Kenric Taylor's site
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Robert Hugill
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Jeremy Marchant
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comprehensive database
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Roger Quilter(1877 - 1953)
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Kaikhosru Sorabji
Bernard Stevens also Lengnick
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
William Wallace
Sir William Walton Trust
Sir William Walton
Garry D Cannon
Peter Warlock
John West
Percy Whitlock
Adrian Williams
Stanley Wilson
Haydn Wood
John Woolrich

British Music Information Centre             Complete list of Music Information Centres

Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland

Music Now: British Composers
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