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- ↑ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
- ↑ 20th Century Cathedral Organists. Enid Bird
- ↑ Huxley, Marcus (2010). Notes to A Song of the Light, Regent Records CD REGCD361.
- ↑ "Marcus Huxley Farewell Organ Recital - Events - Birmingham Cathedral". Birminghamcathedral.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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