Victor Capoul, Marguerite Olagnier's Le Saïs, and the arousing of female desire

Journal of the American Musicological Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-463

  Henson, Karen ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/831790     Document Type: Review

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