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| David, Félicien César |
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(f l sy N´ s zär´ däv d´) (KEY) , 181076, French composer. His ode-symphony Le Desert (1844) and his opera Lalla-Roukh (1862) contain Eastern elements, presaging the exoticism of late 19th-century French romantic music. |
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