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Rautavaara's Journey in Music

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Metronomes

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The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

Una semplice lezione di composizione musicale

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An Ethnomusicologist’s Last Lecture

Guitar Journals: Scales

Kate

U2 All the Songs

Musica alla ribalta

The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering

Vinyl Freak

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Show Dog

The Metropolitan Opera on Record

The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music

Harry Partch