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- ↑ Michael Kennedy. The History of the Royal Manchester College of Music, 1893-1972 (1971)
- ↑ Radio Times, Issue 496, 2nd April 1933, p. 44
- ↑ The Rodewald Concert Society: Liverpool Archives
- ↑ Michael Kennedy. The Hallé, 1858-1983: A History of the Orchestra (1982)