Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785

Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 426
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ISBN-10 : 0521801885
ISBN-13 : 9780521801881
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