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317:, based on
254:John Pettie
158:Early years
39:John Pettie
1275:Categories
791:References
631:1886–88 –
613:1882–84 –
600:1900–09 –
562:1886–87 –
536:Orchestral
398:Tannhäuser
341:. In 1896
62:, Scotland
52:1868-03-22
1211:504581419
1039:The Times
826:required)
550:Cior Mhor
455:The Times
392:Lohengrin
382:Siegfried
334:The Times
329:Edinburgh
294:Cleopatra
274:Carl Rosa
223:Cior Mhor
135:Carl Rosa
1221:(1981).
1131:(1995).
909:39828967
707:Operatic
410:La Juive
172:Greenock
126:and the
60:Greenock
1262:(IMSLP)
1258:at the
1155:Sources
1077:The Era
1021:The Era
820:, 2004
743:1905 –
736:1904 –
727:Diarmid
725:1897 –
712:1894 –
687:1912 –
680:1908 –
669:1905 –
662:1900 –
655:1891 –
645:1889 –
638:1888 –
624:1887 –
593:1896 –
586:1888 –
571:1887 –
548:1885 –
541:1883 –
433:at the
357:at the
284:'s new
216:cantata
1229:
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907:
426:Martha
404:Carmen
371:Wagner
307:, 1902
227:Gaelic
78:London
763:Notes
528:Works
487:Faust
204:viola
1227:ISBN
1207:OCLC
1188:ISBN
1169:ISBN
1144:2021
905:OCLC
779:and
738:Prue
484:and
423:and
379:and
210:and
141:and
68:Died
46:Born
554:fp.
466:in
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176:née
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