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19 - Medieval Performance Practice

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2018

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Timothy J. McGee
Edited by
Mark Everist  and
Thomas Forrest Kelly
Mark Everist
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Thomas Forrest Kelly
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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The Cambridge History of Medieval Music , pp. 582 - 608
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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