The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk"A comprehensive reference book of many hundreds of the world's best-known musical compositions, from over twenty-five countries and covering five hundred years of music." Includes historical information about popular melodies and folk songs, information about the first printings of classical works, and biographical information on composers, librettists and lyricists.--Introduction, p. 1. |
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FOREWORD BY WILLIAM LICHTENWANGER | 1 |
WATERMARKS | 14 |
Research Procedure Used | 25 |
Copyright | |
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