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Music and the Great Exhibition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

George J. S. King
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Extract

A century ago the history of the Crystal Palace began brilliantly with a mighty outpouring of music—and music was to be a consolation and a saving grace in the many disappointments and failures of its old age. The story of the Crystal Palace was a story of melodious achievement from the almost miraculous speed of its birth to the even greater rapidity of its destruction.

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 19 , Spring 1951 , pp. 7 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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