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List of burial places of classical musicians
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User:Gor1995/sandbox - article
User:Gor1995/sandbox2 - map test1
User:Gor1995/sandbox3 - temp composers
User:Gor1995/sandbox4 - map test2
User:Gor1995/sandbox5 - living musicians & other (RecentChanges sandbox5)
User:Gor1995/sandbox6 - main list custom watchlist (RecentChanges sandbox6)
User:Gor1995/sandbox7 - temp article1 (curr: telem expand & others)
User:Gor1995/sandbox8 - temp article2 (curr: pav awards posth)
User:Gor1995/sandbox9 - temp article3 (curr: tools)
User:Gor1995/sandbox10 - temp article4 (curr: list of lists)
User:Gor1995/sandbox11 - temp article5 (curr: outline cm)
User:Gor1995/sandbox12 - other tests
User:Gor1995/sandbox13 - temp article6 (curr: anthony)
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Classical music watchlist --- Composers watchlist
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the pages I cannot edit,

The courage to edit the pages I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

But still in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, this user is the very model of a modern Major-General.

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