The Oxford companion to music
Percy A. Scholes
Includes over 3,000 alphabetically arranged definitions of music terms, examples of music, and biographical sketches of famous composers and musicians.
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Knihy za ohradou
by Jan Čulík (1991)
About this book
The first ever monograph dealing with Czech literature published in the diaspora during the second stage of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia (1971-1989) when liberal authors from the 1960s were banned in their home country and could only bring out their work in samizdat (typewritten copies) or in the emigré publishing houses abroad.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreKnihy za ohradou Lead Character
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