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Pelléas and Mélisande op. 46
1905
Jean Sibelius
I. Am Burgtor
II. Mélisande
III. Am Meeresstrand
IV. Frühling im Park
V. Die drei blinden Schwestern
VI. Pastorale
VII. Mélisande am Spinnrad
VIII. Intermezzo
IX. Mélisandes Tod
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