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... 19th century , and his development toward the lionized figures of the 20th century was swift . Parallel with this rise came the establishment of many of today's major orchestras : New York Philharmonic ( 1842 ) , Vienna Philharmonic ...
... 19th century , and his development toward the lionized figures of the 20th century was swift . Parallel with this rise came the establishment of many of today's major orchestras : New York Philharmonic ( 1842 ) , Vienna Philharmonic ...
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... century continuo songs reached a high point in the works of Purcell . His earliest songs emphasize textual prosody , but his more representative works become brilliant concert pieces . In the 18th and 19th centuries , many songs ...
... century continuo songs reached a high point in the works of Purcell . His earliest songs emphasize textual prosody , but his more representative works become brilliant concert pieces . In the 18th and 19th centuries , many songs ...
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... century experiments with graduated sets of tun- ing forks struck by hammers from a keyboard produced the 19th - century “ tuning - fork pianos , " the most notewor- thy of which were different models of Victor Mustel of Paris from 1865 ...
... century experiments with graduated sets of tun- ing forks struck by hammers from a keyboard produced the 19th - century “ tuning - fork pianos , " the most notewor- thy of which were different models of Victor Mustel of Paris from 1865 ...
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