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This is the first study of the life and music of Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950), a composer of some distinction and a generous patron of British music. He made possible in a war-torn England the first performance of Holst's The Planets, and was a close friend of Delius, the plight of whose last years forms a tragic undercurrent to this book.Lloyd, Stephen is the author of 'H. Balfour Gardiner' with ISBN 9780521256094 and ISBN 0521256097.
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