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529:: Symphony for full chorus, chamber chorus, symphony orchestra and chamber orchestra, Gaelic text by Duncan Ban MacIntyre and translation by Hugh MacDiarmid (1962–2007)
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Gasser, M., "Ronald
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for solo piano, written between 1960 and 1962, based on a 13-note
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Ronald Stevenson: The Man and his Music, A Symposium
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839:A Threepenny Sonatina: Homage to Kurt Weill
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809:Sonatina Serenissima
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