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References
- ↑ Resonus Classics booklet essay by conductor John Andrews
- ↑ Stewart R. Craggs Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-bibliography 1998 p9 "Six singers + 1.2.2.2/4.3.3. I/timpani percussion celesta harp/ strings Duration: 55 minutes First performance: Barnes (London), Music Club (Kitson Hall), 1 March 1962."
- ↑ "Double bill at Guildhall - Donizetti's Il pazzi per progetto and Arnold's The Dancing Master". Opera Today. 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Willson, Flora (14 July 2021). "The Dancing Master review – Arnold's 'bawdy' period piece no longer shocks or awes". The Guardian.
- ↑ The Critic: Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master (Resonus) - The BBC thought Malcolm Arnold’s opera was not serious enough and a bit bawdy
