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- ↑ Radio Times Volume 154 -1962 Page 34 "music-making'; so commented Frank Wade (BBC Head of Mr. A Light Music) on the occasion of the final concert of Let the ... First-class choral singing and friendly competition: these are the two ingredients that will make Let the People Sing as enjoyable a programme to listen to in 1962 as it has been in preceding years. ..."
- ↑ BBC Annual Report and Handbook - Page 29 1981 for Radio 3. Three Midland choirs were highly successful in the annual Let The People Sing contest.
- ↑ The Musical Times - Volume 101 - Page 11 1960 and also Armstrong Gibbs's Suite of Songs from the British Isles (for s.a.t.b. choir). This last was originally a B.B.C. commission for the 1959 'Let The People Sing' contest.
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- 1 2 "Agnes Duncan". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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