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Page 131, l. 4. _this that was at Oxforde_, i.e. the overture,
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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Shelley's largest works have been an opera, "Leila," still in manuscript, a symphonic poem, "The Crusaders," a dramatic overture,
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His determined nationalism is responsible for his festival overture,
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Certain portions of Tannhaeuser, for example, can be listened to with pleasure simply as noble or beautiful music: the overture,
Wagner Runciman, John F 1913
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[4] The rest of the programme, it may be interesting to note, contained Arthur Foote's overture, “In the Mountains,” Van der Stucken's suite, “The Tempest,” Chadwick's “Melpomene” overture,
Edward MacDowell Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939 1908
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ISLAMABAD: Battling the "legacy of suspicion" with which Pakistan views any American overture,
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ISLAMABAD: Battling the "legacy of suspicion" with which Pakistan views any American overture,
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ISLAMABAD: Battling the "legacy of suspicion" with which Pakistan views any American overture,
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ISLAMABAD: Battling the "legacy of suspicion" with which Pakistan views any American overture,
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ISLAMABAD: Battling the "legacy of suspicion" with which Pakistan views any American overture,
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