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Britain s Greatest Living Composer

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Robert Laiijie explores the elusive phenomenon that was the composer Albert Keteibey. He specialised in exotic paim court music and his popuiaritywas such that, during the twenties and thirties it was almost impossibte to spend a day without hearing at least one of his compositions. He was once marketed under seven pseudonyms because he was so busy, and in 1929 he was proctaimed "Britain's greatest living composer". producer AndreaK!dd

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Robert Laiijie
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Albert Keteibey.
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