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I'm taking a middle of the road stand on Joan Peyser's BERNSTEIN: a biography
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Essential Reading for Any Opera Lover
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A fine one volume reference to Stravinsky's life and his compositions
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Expanded Grove Dictionary article in book form
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excellent introduction
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The last word on Berlioz?
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Brilliant portrait of a complex man, vol. 1
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Brilliant flutist, brilliant writer
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