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Charles Rosen. The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. W. W. Norton Company, 1998 (1971). Fifty years on, it's finally possible to queue up recordings on demand and give this sort of book its proper aural dimension.

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.