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Corelli: a Man, a Voice.
From:
Opera Canada
| Date:
January 1, 2007| Author:
Gooding, Wayne
| COPYRIGHT 2007 Opera Canada Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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CORELLI: A MAN, A VOICE
Marina Boagno
Baskerville, 2006, 316 pag
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RISE STEVENS: A LIFE IN MUSIC
John Pennino
Baskerville, 2006, 416 pages
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Fort Worth, Texas-based Baskerville Publishers continues its Great Voices series with a second edition of the fifth volume, a study of Italian tenor Franco Corelli, and a new addition (volume 10) that tracks the...
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