Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Work of the American Composer, 1867-1944
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Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Work of the American Composer, 1867-1944 by Adrienne Fried Block is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. The record for this copy lists 2000 • Oxford Univ Pr on Demand • 426 pages.
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Paperback: ISBN-13 9780195137842
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