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References
- ↑ Tennyson, Lord Alfred (1875). Queen Mary: a Drama. Boston: J. R. Osgood.
- ↑ Percy M. Young (1955). Elgar O. M. London: Collins OCLC 869820
- ↑ James Leonard. Songs & Piano Music by Edward Elgar at AllMusic
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081121200306/http://www.elgarfoundation.org/trolleyed/2/12/40/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/02/somm220.htm
- ↑ Incidental music to Queen Mary (Stanford) : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ "Queen Mary's Song" (Loder) : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
