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- 1 2 "The Queen's Medal for Music 2020" (Press release). British Royal Family. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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- ↑ "The Queen's Medal for Music 2011" (Press release). British Royal Family. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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- ↑ "The Queen's Medal for Music 2013" (Press release). British Royal Family. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ↑ "The Queen's Medal for Music 2014" (Press release). London: British Royal Family. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Queen's Medal for Music 2015" (Press release). London: British Royal Family. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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- ↑ Jones, Tony (7 June 2018). "Scottish composer Thea Musgrave awarded with Queen's medal for music". The Sunday Post . Dundee. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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- ↑ "The King has approved the award of The King's Medal for Music 2023 to Dame Sarah Connolly". The Royal Family. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.