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- ↑ "Events". The Rutland Boughton Music Trust. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ↑ "The first Glastonbury festival" at Utopia Britannica.
- 1 2 Dzamba Sessa, Anne (1985). "British and American Wagnerians". In Large, David; Weber, William (eds.). Wagnerism in European culture and politics. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. p. 259. OCLC 477332588.
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- ↑ Weinberg, Rob (24 June 2019). "Glastonbury could have been a classical music festival". Classic FM. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
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