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- 1 2 Robins, Brian (2006). Catch and glee culture in eighteenth century England. Boydell Books. p. 16. ISBN 1-84383-212-7.
- ↑ Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: man and musician. Oxford University Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-19-816383-5.
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