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- ↑ Obituary: Nosotros: Volume 73 1931 CELESTINO PIAGGIO EL fallecimiento de Celestino Piaggio deja en la música argentina un vacío que difícilmente podrá llenarse. En él convivían, en perfecto equilibrio, el hombre y el artista ; pues si grande fué como director de orquesta ...
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