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Music & Silence
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The Song of the Lark
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The Lost Stradivarius
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The Awakening
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The Piano
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The Piano Tuner
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Der Steppenwolf
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The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1)
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Paganini's Ghost (Castiglione and Guastafeste, #2)
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Orfeo
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Clara
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La's Orchestra Saves the World
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Dancer
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The Unconsoled
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Bertha Garlan
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Margreete's Harbor
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Blue Notes (Blue Notes, #1)
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The Rainaldi Quartet (Castiglione and Guastafeste, #1)
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Sputnik Sweetheart
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Kreisleriana
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The Children Act
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Inez
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Death and the Maiden
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The Conductor
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A Traitor to Memory (Inspector Lynley, #11)
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The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)
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Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano, #4)
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Voices (Inspector Erlendur, #5)
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Liszt's Dante Symphony
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The First Book of Classical Horror Stories
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The Student Conductor
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Music From Standing Waves
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Ghost Variations
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His Secret Little Wife: A Novel
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Mildred Pierce
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Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
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The Violinist of Venice
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The Piano Teacher
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The Ensemble
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Danse Macabre (Daniel Jacobus Mystery, #2)
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The Courage Consort
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It All Started with a Trombone: The Hornman Memoirs
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Tenor of Love: A Novel
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Real Men Don't Rehearse: Adventures in the Secret World of Professional Orchestras
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Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer
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The Choir
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Marrying Mozart
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Consuelo
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The Time of Our Singing
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Save Me the Waltz
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Illuminations
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Vivaldi's Virgins
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Madame Sousatzka
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Music of a Life
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Liszt's Kiss
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M. Butterfly
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The Loser
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Trilby
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Gerontius: A novel
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Violin
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Mozart's Journey to Prague
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Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)
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The Fish Can Sing
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The Double-Bass
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Der Klavierstimmer
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Vivaldi and the Number 3
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Disturbance of the Inner Ear
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Blue Bells of Scotland (Blue Bells Trilogy, #1)
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The Melody Thief (Blue Notes, #2)
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Гранатовый браслет: сборник
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The Keeper of Secrets (Horowitz Chronicles, #1)
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Tears and Trombones
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Das Streichquartett.
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Les Épis mûrs
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A Small Country about to Vanish
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The Yellow Birds
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And After the Fire
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The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
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La mirada del hijo
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Cooking for Her Eyes: Transcription of a Sonata
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A Song Begins (Warrender Saga Book 1)
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haha - the list was made by 'bettie' yet I have only just voted on it!
Have made some adjustments to the description box. I inherited this list at some point.:O)
My vote for "Gerontius" is shown as being 4 out of 5, but I think if I had found it on the first page, it would have been No 1. A wonderful book, especially for those who love Elgar's music.
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