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New Worlds of Dvorak: Searching in America for the Composer's Inner Life
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New Worlds of Dvorak: Searching in America for the Composer's Inner Life by Michael Beckerman looks like a backlist title with a clear setup and an easy way in from the record we have here. From the listing, this copy runs 2003 • W W Norton & Co Inc • 272 pages, a decent clue for the kind of reading commitment it asks for.
Edition on file: 2003 • W W Norton & Co Inc • 272 pages • ISBN 9780393047066.
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