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By the end of the 19th century the Music Hall had grown into a significant industry. There were thousands of Halls across the English-speaking world and who knows how many thousands of artistes. The artistes needed songs. Some they wrote themselves, but increasingly they were written by individuals who exclusively made their living from writing … Continue reading ""