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- ↑ Hughes, Patrick (ed.). Highgate School Register 1833–1988 (7th ed.). p. 331.
- ↑ Music and Musicians International – Volume 36, Issue 4 – Page 34 1987 "On July 6th, also at the Pump Room, Neil Mackie (tenor) with John Blakely (piano) gave the World premier of Kenneth Leighton's naive and rather old-fashioned song cycle 'Earth. Sweet Earth"."
- ↑ Wilson, Frances (10 January 2013). "Meet the artist...Alisdair Hogarth" . Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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