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Celebrating Claude Debussy

Tom Service visits cafes, art-houses and research institutes of Paris to get the French view of the composer on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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Sat 23 Jun 2012 12:15
91热爆 Radio 3

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Composer Claude Debussy

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    91热爆 Radio 3

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