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ADOLF BUSCH: The Life of an Honest Musician
Tully Potter
Publication date March 2010
Two volumes
Includes two CDs: Busch the Performer; Busch the Composer
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MARTINŮ'S LETTERS HOME: Five Decades of Correspondence to Friends and Family
Bohuslav Martinů
Edited by Iša Popelka
Translated by Ralph Slayton
Musicians in Letters No. 3
Publication September 2010
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