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228:1st variation: "Marionettes" from
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741:Categories
606:Persephone
428:Cinderella
330:31 January
284:References
163:Brian Shaw
123:Beryl Grey
107:, London.
54:5 May 1956
629:The Dream
519:Horoscope
699:Rhapsody
598:La valse
553:Tiresias
225:, Op. 61
211:, Op. 67
60:, London
50:Premiere
580:La Peri
473:Shorter
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