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Book Title: Medieval Music and the Art of Memory
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Anna Maria Busse Berger
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Genres & Styles / Classical, Europe / Medieval
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Music, History
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
