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the crowds of onlookers. She was a widow by 1949, and remarried in 1953 to
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Musical Life in Guyana: History and
Politics of Controlling Creativity
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Alice Fraser, Alice Fraser
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Black music in the Harlem
Renaissance : a collection of essays
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470:"Song Recital at Aberdare; Return Visit of Miss Alyce Fraser"
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