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Dallam's Organ and the Grand Sultan adapted by LYNN TEN KATE from the Diary of Thomas Dallam. With Paul Copley as Dallam In 1598, Queen Elizabeth I sent Thomas Dallam to
Constantinople to deliver to the Grand Sultan an organ which
Dallam himself had built. It was a magnificent instrument but, to the Sultan, a splendid mechanical toy. Dallam kept a journal of his exotic adventure. With organ restorer MARTIN RENSHAW.
SHEILA LAWRENCE (organ and virginals)
Producer JOHN THEOCHARlS. Stereo

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Adapted By:
Lynn Ten
Unknown:
Thomas Dallam.
Unknown:
Paul Copley
Unknown:
Thomas Dallam
Unknown:
Martin Renshaw.
Unknown:
Sheila Lawrence
Producer:
John Theocharls.
Source: Radio Times

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