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SEPTEMBER 1911
VOL. XLIX
No. 580
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Index to Reviews . . Robert Thurston Dart-An English Musicologist
A tribute by Neville Marriner David Bicknell talks to Alan Blyth Here and There with Roger Wimbush Elena Souliotis talks to Alan Blyth Collectors' Corner by Brian Rust Reviews-Orchestral
-Chamber Music -Instrumental . . -Choral and Song -Opera . . -Documentary -Spoken Word Records Reissued Special Issues Nights at the Round Table New Cassette releases . . Keeping Track Jazz Reviews Book Review Correspondence . . Editorial Notes Reviewers' Notes . . Deletions . .
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Meet the Manufacturer-No.1: Garrard Engineering The Positioning of Loudspeakers by T. S. Korn Equipment Reviews Forum News
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This month's front cover features Colin Davis who this month succeeds Georg Soltas Musical Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden r---------------NEXT MONTH----~--------~
A Quarterly Retrospect by Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Raymond Leppard talks to Alan Blyth A preview of London's International Audio Fair
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