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... London . By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery . London Milton was born in London on December 9 , 1608. His grandfather , an Oxfordshire yeoman , had been a staunch Roman Catholic who had disinherited his son , the poet's father ...
... London . By courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery . London Milton was born in London on December 9 , 1608. His grandfather , an Oxfordshire yeoman , had been a staunch Roman Catholic who had disinherited his son , the poet's father ...
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... London ( where they spent 15 months ) , returning through The Hague , Amsterdam , Paris , Lyon , and Switzerland , and arriving back in Salzburg in November 1766. In most of these cities Mozart , and often his sister , played and ...
... London ( where they spent 15 months ) , returning through The Hague , Amsterdam , Paris , Lyon , and Switzerland , and arriving back in Salzburg in November 1766. In most of these cities Mozart , and often his sister , played and ...
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... London Bach , was perhaps yet more important for the future , influencing Mozart , who met him in London ( 1764 ) and again in Paris ( 1778 ) . His 50 or so symphonies lack the passionate gestures of the Berliners ' but are finely ...
... London Bach , was perhaps yet more important for the future , influencing Mozart , who met him in London ( 1764 ) and again in Paris ( 1778 ) . His 50 or so symphonies lack the passionate gestures of the Berliners ' but are finely ...
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