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MUSICAL
MYTHS AND FACTS
BY
CARL ENGEL.
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IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. I.
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LONDON:
NOVELLO, EWER & CO.,
1, BERNERS STREET (W.), AND 80 & 81, QUEEN STREET, CHEAPSIDE (E. C.)
NEW YORK: J. L. PETERS, 843, BROADWAY.
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MDCCCLXXVI. [All rights reserved.]

NOVELLO, EWER AND CO.,
TYPOGRAPHICAL MUSIC AND GENERAL PRINTERS,
1, BERNERS STREET, LONDON.