The M. Abbott Van Nostrand Theatre Collection Music Holdings, ca. 1900-1950
64 oversize archives bozes (32 linear ft.)
Terms of Access and Use:
There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
The material formed a single unit as received from Mr. M. Abbott Van Nostrand, and presumably was housed together at Samuel French, Inc. as it is listed in this finding aid.
The collection consists primarily of multi-part manuscript orchestrations of early-twentieth-century musicals. However, some printed sheet music and some later materials are also included.
The material is arranged in a single unit as received from Mr. M. Abbott van Nostrand.
There is no restriction on access to the collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
[Identification of item], in The M. Abbott Van Nostrand Theatre Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library
The material formed a single unit as received from Mr. M. Abbott Van Nostrand, and presumably was housed together at Samuel French, Inc. as it is listed in this finding aid.
| Finding Aid: | 2003 May |
| Listed by: | John Lancaster, Curator of Special Collections |
| Prepared for web: | 2003 May |
| By: | Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist |
| Contact Information |
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Amherst College Archives and Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000 Amherst, MA 01002-5000 Phone: (413) 542-2299 Fax: (413) 542-2692 Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives |
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After the ball
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Box 1
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All that glitters is not gold
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Box 1
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Aloma
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Box 1
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American fantasy of quodlibets
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Box 1
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Betty be good (start)
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Box 1
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Betty be good (end)
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Box 2
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Blue jeans
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Box 2
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Brother Rat
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Box 2
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Buddies (start)
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Box 2
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Buddies (cont.)
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Box 3
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Buddies (end)
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Box 4
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Burlesque
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Box 4
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The constant nymph
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Box 4
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East is west
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Box 4
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Experience (start)
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Box 4
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Experience (end)
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Box 5
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Fashion girl
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Box 5
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50 miles from Boston
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Box 5
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Fireman's flame (start)
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Box 5
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Fireman's flame (end)
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Box 6
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45 minutes from Broadway
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Box 6
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Founders
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Box 7
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G & S cocktail
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Box 7
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George Washington Jr. (start)
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Box 7
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George Washington Jr. (end)
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Box 8
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The girl who wasn't
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Box 8
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The golden grotto
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Box 8
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Good doctor
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Box 8
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Happy (start)
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Box 8
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Happy (end)
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Box 9
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Harmony Hall
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Box 9
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Helen of Troy, N.Y. (start)
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Box 9
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Helen of Troy, N.Y. (end)
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Box 10
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Honey girl (start)
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Box 10
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Honey girl (end)
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Box 11
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Inn mates
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Box 11
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Judy
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Box 11
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June moon
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Box 11
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The kingdom of love
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Box 12
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The kiss burglar
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Box 12
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A kiss in Xanadu
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Box 13
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Kosher Kitty Kelly
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Box 13
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Lady Billy (start)
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Box 13
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Lady Billy (end)
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Box 14
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Little Johnny Jones (start)
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Box 14
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Little Johnny Jones (end)
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Box 15
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Little Nellie Kelly (start)
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Box 15
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Little Nellie Kelly (end)
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Box 16
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Lollipop
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Box 16
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The love waltz (start)
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Box 16
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The love waltz (end)
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Box 17
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The magic ring/Mitzi (start)
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Box 17
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The magic ring/Mitzi (cont.)
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Box 18
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The magic ring/Mitzi (cont.)
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Box 19
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The magic ring/Mitzi (end)
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Box 20
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Marigold
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Box 20
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Mary
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Box 20
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Masquerade (start)
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Box 20
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Masquerade (end)
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Box 21
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The matinee girl (start)
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Box 21
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The matinee girl (end)
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Box 22
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Medea
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Box 22
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Mr. Pepys
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Box 22
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My girl (start)
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Box 22
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My girl (end)
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Box 23
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The naughty mamzelle
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Box 23
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No other girl (start)
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Box 24
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No other girl (end)
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Box 25
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Oh boy! (start)
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Box 25
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Oh boy! (end)
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Box 26
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Oh lady lady (start)
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Box 26
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Oh lady lady (end)
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Box 27
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Old folks
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Box 27
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The old homestead
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Box 27
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Opera
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Box 27
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Orpheus in the underworld
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Box 27
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Our wives
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Box 27
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Paris bound
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Box 27
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Plain Jane (start)
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Box 27
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Plain Jane (end)
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Box 28
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Poppy (start)
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Box 28
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Poppy (cont.)
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Box 29
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Poppy (cont.)
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Box 30
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Poppy (cont.)
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Box 31
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Poppy (end)
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Box 32
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Porgy
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Box 33
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Prunella
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Box 33
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Queen high
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Box 33
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Quincy Adams Sawyer
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Box 33
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Raggedy Ann
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Box 34
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Rosalie runs riot
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Box 34
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Snow White
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Box 34
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Some girl
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Box 34
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Sonny
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Box 34
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Story book land
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Box 34
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Sweet little devil (start)
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Box 34
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Sweet little devil (end)
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Box 35
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Teddy Somersault
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Box 35
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1066 and all that (start)
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Box 35
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1066 and all that (end)
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Box 36
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13 Rue de l'Amour
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Box 36
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Top hole (start)
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Box 36
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Top hole (end)
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Box 37
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The two bouquets (start)
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Box 37
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The two bouquets (end)
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Box 38
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Under fire
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Box 38
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Up she goes
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Box 38
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The vagabond king (start)
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Box 38
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The vagabond king (end)
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Box 39
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Vamping Venus
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Box 39
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Wilson in the Promised Land
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Box 39
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A woman's revenge
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Box 39
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The Yankee prince (start)
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Box 39
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The Yankee prince (end)
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Box 40
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Olympic revels
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Box 40
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The invincibles
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Box 40
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Sunday costs five pesos
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Box 40
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[no title -- revue?] (start)
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Box 40
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[no title -- revue?] (end)
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Box 41
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Snow White (start)
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Box 42
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Snow White (end)
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Box 43
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Girofle, Girofla (start)
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Box 43
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Girofle, Girofla (end)
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Box 44
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[no title -- revue?]
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Box 44
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Snow White
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Box 45
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Steppin' around
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Box 45
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Flo Flo
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Box 45
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Beggar on horseback
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Box 45
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[misc.]
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Box 45
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Miss Blue Eyes
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Box 46
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The love waltz
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Box 46
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Dig, dig, dig
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Box 47
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When Shakespeare's ladies sing
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Box 47
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Oh say can you see L.A.
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Box 47
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Oh marry me
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Box 47
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Wonderful waltz [was "The love waltz"]
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Box 48
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Complaining angel
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Box 48
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Work & wages
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Box 49
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Old Knockles
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Box 49
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The wandering minstrel
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Box 49
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Earliest editions
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Box 49
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Sustained objection
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Box 49
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Where the bee sucks
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Box 49
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Danse electrique
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Box 49
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La cigale (start)
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Box 49
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La cigale (cont.)
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Box 50
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La cigale (end)
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Box 51
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Norma travestie
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Box 51
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The transferred ghost
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Box 51
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Cruiskeen lawn
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Box 51
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Soft shoe shuffle
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Box 51
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Your heart
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Box 51
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Half the day's gone
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Box 51
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Gypsy caravan
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Box 51
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A cold stare
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Box 51
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Cherries and plums
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Box 51
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Norma
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Box 51
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Il talismano
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Box 51
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I puritani
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Box 51
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La sonnambula
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Box 51
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Carmen
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Box 51
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Mefistofele
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Box 51
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Fra Diavolo
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Box 51
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Morocco bound
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Box 52
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The lads of the village
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Box 52
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Don Pasquale
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Box 52
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La figlia del reggimento
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Box 52
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Linda di Chamounix Lucrezia Borgia
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Box 52
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John and Angelina
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Box 52
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No cards
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Box 52
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A G & S cocktail
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Box 52
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The land of bon-bons
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Box 52
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Andrea Chenier Faust
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Box 52
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Our toys
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Box 52
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Romeo e Giulietta
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Box 52
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Mirella
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Box 52
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Phroso
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Box 53
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Jeanne d'Arc
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Box 53
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Harmony Hall
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Box 53
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If I had money
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Box 53
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Richard the Third
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Box 53
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Erminie
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Box 53
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The mountebanks (start)
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Box 54
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The mountebanks (end)
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Box 55
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Caller Herrin'
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Box 55
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Castle Bang
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Box 55
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Cups and saucers
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Box 55
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Corsican brothers
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Box 55
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Music hath charms
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Box 55
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Chilperic
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Box 55
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Hoodman blind
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Box 56
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A jug of punch
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Box 56
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Le cour & la main
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Box 56
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Valse chantée
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Box 56
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La fille de Madame Angot
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Box 56
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My uncle the ghost
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Box 56
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The poor little Savoyard
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Box 56
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The pretty girl milking her cow
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Box 56
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Honour, riches, marriage, blessing
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Box 56
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O bid your faithful Ariel fly
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Box 56
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The lion who wouldn't
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Box 57
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The haunted mill
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Box 57
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I'd once a London lover
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Box 57
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Mary wreathed her shining hair
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Box 57
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Ruy Blas
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Box 57
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Love's sweet summer
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Box 57
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Mary's song
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Box 57
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L'etoile du nord
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Box 57
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Les Huguenots
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Box 57
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Le prophete
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Box 57
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Il flauto magico
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Box 57
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Le nozze di Figaro
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Box 57
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Morocco bound (German: Nach Marocco)
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Box 57
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The blind beggars
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Box 57
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The black squire
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Box 57
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Brer Rabbit and Uncle Remus
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Box 57
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[misc. songs]
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Box 57
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Business in great waters
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Box 58
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Coach and five
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Box 58
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Fit to be tied
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Box 58
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Peter Patter
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Box 58
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Siren song
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Box 58
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New York
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Box 58
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Petite Poucette
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Box 58
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Full fathom five
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Box 58
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Come unto these yellow sands
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Box 58
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[misc. unidentified]
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Box 58
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Shenandoah
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Box 59
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The silver king
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Box 59
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Plain fancy chorus
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Box 59
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The talk of N.Y.
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Box 59
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Effie Deans
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Box 60
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Le mariage aux lanternes
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Box 60
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The springtime of the heart
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Box 60
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[misc. unidentified]
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Box 60
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The Yankee prince
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Box 61
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The maypole dance [misc.]
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Box 61
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La la Lucille
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Box 62
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[Miscellaneous]
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Box 62
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An American idea (start)
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Box 63
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An American idea (end)
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Box 64
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Beggar on horseback
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Box 64
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Grand Hotel (start) [#2003-066]
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Box 65
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Grand Hotel (continued) [#2003-066]
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Box 66
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Grand Hotel (end) [#2003-066]
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Box 67
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