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- ↑ Verfahren der motivisch-thematischen Vermittlung in der Musik von Johannes Brahms dargestellt an der Klarinettensonate f-Moll, op. 120/1. on WorldCat
- ↑ Arnold Schönbergs Oper "Moses und Aron" : Ansätze einer differenzierenden Strukturanalyse Analyse der diastematischen, formalen und musikdramatischen Komposition on WorldCat
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