Author | Rob Young |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Folk & traditional music, music history and criticism [1] |
Published | 2011 (Faber & Faber) |
Pages | 672 [2] |
ISBN | 978-0-86547-856-5 [2] |
781.62 [1] | |
LC Class | ML3650.Y68 [1] |
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