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THE DAM BUSTERS: COATES ERIC (1886-1957)

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[THE DAM BUSTERS]: COATES ERIC (1886-1957) English composer, remembered for his composition The Dam Busters March used as the theme for (and synonymous with) the British war film The Dam Busters (1955). A fine A.M.Q.S., Eric Coates, to an oblong 12mo stiff card, n.p., n.d. (late 1950s). In blue fountain pen ink Coates has neatly penned four bars of music which he identifies as being from his most famous work The Dam Busters March, signing his name immediately beneath. EX