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    Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
    Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
    Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
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    Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces

    By Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

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    Release dateFeb 1, 1911
    Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces

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