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5/19/16 @ 9:00am
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Titles of Operas, instrumental pieces or just plain instruments (without those music would just be a whistled tune).
And please: if you like something, feel free to mention it multiple times, because that is how you show you love it
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An explanation for exotic instruments would be welcomed! Let's start this ABC
Alcahuete - percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic Quote
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Often considered to be the first genuine English-language operatic masterwork. Not first performed in 1689 at a girls' school, as is commonly believed, but at Charles II's court in 1683 Quote
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5/20/16 @ 2:03am
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