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The Critical Focus of American Musicology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2009

Harry White
Affiliation:
Dr. Harry White is College Lecturer in Music, Department of Music, University College, Belfield, Dublin A, Ireland.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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2 Ibid., 284.

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4 Ibid., 124.

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