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Music Books

First the drama Denis Arnold Caw:till Jane Glover (Batsford E8.50) The vast graveyard of opera tempts exhumation; and where better to start digging than in that area known......

Divine Spark

David Pountney Janacek's Tragic Operas Michael Ewans (Faber £7.95) Janacek completed his seven mature operas between 1903 and his death in 1928, and the last four, Katya......