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Herbert Howells
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Franz Waxman
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Ernest Gold
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Jerry Fielding
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Jonathan Dove
8,125 listeners
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Malcolm Arnold
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Victor Young
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Carl Davis
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Michael Tippett
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