Quotation and Framing: Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels

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Quotation and Framing : Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels. / Petersen, Nils Holger.

In: Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2010, p. 309-21.

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Petersen, NH 2010, 'Quotation and Framing: Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels', Contemporary Music Review, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 309-21.

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Petersen, N. H. (2010). Quotation and Framing: Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels. Contemporary Music Review, 29(3), 309-21.

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Petersen NH. Quotation and Framing: Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels. Contemporary Music Review. 2010;29(3):309-21.

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Petersen, Nils Holger. / Quotation and Framing : Re-contextualization and Intertextuality as Newness in George Crumb's Black Angels. In: Contemporary Music Review. 2010 ; Vol. 29, No. 3. pp. 309-21.

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