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“alice pianfetti”

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  • And the Champagne Still Flows

    The Biography of Madame Marie Rappold, Diva of the Metropolitan Opera

    by Joseph Winterrath, Alice Pianfetti ...
    Biography of Mme. Marie Rappold, diva of the Metropolitan Opera, 1905 - 1920 by Joseph Roger Winterrath and Alice Thor Pianfetti, Ph.D. Also presented is the history of opera in New York. ... Read more

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  • Classical Music Insights

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  • A Natural History of the Piano

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  • When Paris Sizzled

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  • Stand Up Straight and Sing!

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