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In addition, Palmer wrote hundreds of record reviews, program notes, radio scripts, lecture scripts, and record sleeve notes. Christopher Palmer was twice nominated for the
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was cut short by his death and his papers on this project are stored at the Serge
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pilot, who had trained as a church organist. He was educated at
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Christopher Palmer's arrangements and orchestrations included:
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