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Bruits: essai sur leconomie polilique
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lamusique
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Carnival's Quarrel with Lenl
byPieter Brueghel the Elder; Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vienna
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Attali, Jacques.Noise.(Theory and history
of
literature:
v.
16)
Translation of: Bruits.Bibliography:
p.
Includes index.I. Music and society. 2.
Music-Economic
aspects.
I.
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