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At lunch yesterday in the lovely Tudor house of Nettlecombe Court, east of Exmoor, a four-part grace was sung, composed by Vincent Novello, the founder of the music publishers. It may well have been sung there before, because Novello and his daughter, the singer Clara Novello, were frequent visitors to the house when it was owned by Sir John Trevelyan Bt (1761\u20131846).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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