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Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death - Donald Mitchell, Gustav Mahler, Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death Interpretations and Annotations. London, Faber, 1986. 659 pp ISBN 0 571 13634 6

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Copyright © 1988 Royal Musical Association

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