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The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century: Punctuating the Classical "Period," Stephanie D. Vial. Rochester, N.Y.: University of Rochester Press, 2008. 376 pp. ISBN 978158046034.

Automatic Organs: A Guide to the Mechanical Organ, Orchestrion, Barrel Organ, Fairground, Dancehall & Street Organ, Mechancial Clock, and Organette, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 2007. 512 pp. ISBN 076432568X.

Charles Valentin Alkan: His Life and His Music, William Alexander Eddie. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2007. xi, 270 pp. ISBN 10184014260X.

Choral Masterworks from Bach to Britten: Reflections of a Conductor, Robert J. Summer. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2007. 224 pp. ...

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