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Lionel Monckton
1861Dec, 18

Lionel Monckton

Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic (d. 1924)
Lionel John Alexander Monckton (18 December 1861 – 15 February 1924) was an English composer of musical theatre. He became Britain's most popular composer of Edwardian musical comedy in the early years of the 20th century.

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