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474:The Beatles
463:The Beatles
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414:The Beatles
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1569:Categories
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957:, p. 151.
798:References
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653:Elton John
643:Paul Simon
383:minor mode
379:homophonic
375:variations
302:Crucifixus
106:, has all
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663:Green Day
599:Joan Baez
453:Radiohead
371:complaint
369:, called
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249:'s motet
108:semitones
94:from the
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1387:Walkdown
1377:Ostinato
1337:Bassline
1298:notation
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786:See also
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343:measures
321:, BWV 12
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613:Chicago
576:in 1893
315:cantata
247:Vivaldi
142:a minor
112:tragedy
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328:Play
281:Play
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