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    Western Classical Music
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    Western Classical Music

    By Russell Meyers

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    About this ebook

    This Meyers Apps eBook is one of eight eBooks intended to support the teaching of GCSE Music. This book, Western Classical Music, is an examination of classical music, right from early prehistoric times up to the present day. This eBooks is not linked to a particular GCSE syllabus.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 13, 2015
    ISBN9781326306304
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