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The Qualities of Quantities Mozart, ‘Madamina, il catalogo è questo’ (Leporello), Don Giovanni, Act I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2016
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- Cambridge Opera Journal , Volume 28 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Remaking the Aria , July 2016 , pp. 137 - 140
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- © Cambridge University Press 2016
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Roger Moseley, Cornell University; [email protected].
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