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MUSICAL ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY DIDO AND AENEAS.

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MUSICAL ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY DIDO AND AENEAS.

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Four publications of the Musical Antiquarian Society, printed in the first year, from Nov. 1, 1840 to Dec. 1, 1841 all bound as one. Includes the first publication of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. First performed in 1689, it is one of the earliest English operas. Loose binding as usual.

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