Birds, The

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Birds, The (Gli uccelli). Suite for small orch. by Respighi. Based on 17th- and 18th-cent. bird-pieces for lute and for hpd. In 5 movements: Prelude, Dove, Hen, Nightingale, and Cuckoo. (F.p. Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil, 1927.)

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