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    The Berlioz-Strauss Treatise on Instrumentation

    Authors(s): Edward Lockspeiser

    Source: Music & Letters, Vol. 50, No. 1, 50th Anniversary Issue (Jan., 1969), pp. 37-44

    Published by: Oxford University Press

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      HE BERLOZSTRAUSSTREATSE

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