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Holy Crank

Nicolas Walter Edward Carpenter 1844-1929 Chushichi Tsuzuki (Cambridge University Press pp. 237, £15) If Edward Carpenter hadn't existed, he would have had to be invented, but......

Musica Nostra

Alfred Alexander The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Stanley Sadie (ed.) (Macmillan 20 vols., £850) When Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians in four volumes......