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Poulenc: Articles and Interviews – Notes from the Heart
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621:Berlioz, Hector (1995). Macdonald, Hugh (ed.).
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668:Gabriel Fauré: les voix du clair-obscur
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348:Conversations with Madeleine Milhaud
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1091:"Arthur Honegger"
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