Blowin' in birdland: Improvisation and the Australian pied butcherbird

Leonardo Music Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2010, Pages 79-83

  Taylor, Hollis ^a,b  

^a Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle ^*  (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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EID: 78650125302     PISSN: 09611215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/LMJ_a_00016     Document Type: Review

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