“He died alone and forgotten and only in modern times has he come up as a genius composer and a brilliant visionary.”

—  Marion Bauer

Harry Shaw Simpson. (2014). Music Today, p.300. Geni Book Publishing Experts. ISBN 0452616764030.

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