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vixen99 ◴[20 Nov 24 11:59 UTC] No.42193086[source]▶

>>42192336 (OP) #

My beautifully bound 1898 score of Mendelssohn's 'Songs without Words' picked up for a song (sorry!) in a junk shop, has the inscription "To Ethyl with love from Mother and Dad Aug. 16th 1911". A treasured item in my library with additional resonance.

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1. Pannoniae ◴[20 Nov 24 13:16 UTC] No.42193676[source]▶

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My copy is just full of scribbles and circles around the "p"s by my teacher :D Yes, I was hammering the piano with so much force at that time...

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