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Sixteen Symphonies. By Bernard Shore. (Longmans. 17s. 6c1 . ..) , A Dictionary of Musical Themes.. -By Harold Barlow and Sam Morgenstern. (Williams and Norgate. 30s.) Music......

Communism Takes Over

The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain. By Ferenc Nagy. Trans- lated by Stephen K. Swift. (Macmillan, 30s.) Oh, My Country. By Josef Josten. (Latimer House. 12s. 6d.) THE first of......

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