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A performer's guide to seventeenth-century music / edited by Stewart Carter ;
revised and expanded by Jeffery Kite-Powell.

p. cm. — (Publications of the Early Music Institute)

Prev. ed.: New York : Schirmer Books, c1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-253-35706-9 (cloth : alk. paper) —ISBN 978-0-253-00528-1
(e-book) 1. Performance practice (Music)—History—17th century. I. Carter, Stewart,
[date] II. Kite-Powell, Jeffery T. III. Title: Performer's guide to 17th-century music.

ML457.P49 2012

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