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- ↑ "A Moorside Suite, H.173 (Holst, Gustav)". IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Project Petrucci LLC. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ↑ Short, Michael (1990). Gustav Holst: The Man and his Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 263. ISBN 0-19-314154-X.
- ↑ "1928 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain final". Brass Band Results. 28 October 2018.
- ↑ Taylor, Kenric (28 October 2018). "A Moorside Suite". Gustav Holst.info. Archived from the original on 11 February 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "National Championship of Great Britain (Championship Section Final)". Brass Band Results. 28 October 2018.
