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The bagpipe was bellows-blown, with a cylindrical double-reed Musette, late 1
7th or 1 8th century; in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford By perrnisaon of the Pitt-
Rivers Museum. Oxford chanter beside which the instrument-maker Jean
Hotteterre, ...
The bagpipe was bellows-blown, with a cylindrical double-reed Musette, late 1
7th or 1 8th century; in the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford By perrnisaon of the Pitt-
Rivers Museum. Oxford chanter beside which the instrument-maker Jean
Hotteterre, ...
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Most of the art museums built as such in the 19th and early 20th centuries were
designed in a neoclassical, monumental style — e.g., the National and Tate
galleries in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and similar
...
Most of the art museums built as such in the 19th and early 20th centuries were
designed in a neoclassical, monumental style — e.g., the National and Tate
galleries in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and similar
...
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National Museum of India S36 National Museum of India, in New Delhi, museum
devoted to Indian art history and iconography as well as to Buddhist studies. The
museum was merged with the Asian Antiquities Museum to bring the treasures ...
National Museum of India S36 National Museum of India, in New Delhi, museum
devoted to Indian art history and iconography as well as to Buddhist studies. The
museum was merged with the Asian Antiquities Museum to bring the treasures ...
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| Title | The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 8 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Author | Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0852299613, 9780852299616 |
| Subjects | Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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