Composers
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Amsterdam
Mozart
Gershwin
The lives of the great composers
Gilbert and Sullivan and their world
Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber
The roads of melody
Some musicians of former days
Székely and Bartók
Composers of the Nazi Era
Bach, Beethoven and the boys
The letters of Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson
Kingdom cons
Giant's bread
Jean Langlais
The rough guide to classical music
George Frideric Handel
Clara Schumann
African rhythms
Gertrud
Cry till you laugh
Lord Berners
Bach
My Musical Life
More songwriters on songwriting
Georges Bizet, his life and work
Tears of the Moon
Stravinsky
Illusions perdues
Classical music
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