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album: Bach: Two Generations - Concerti Arranged for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
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  date published: 1985
album: Soepa: American Guitar Music
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2001-01-01
album: Soepa
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  date published: 2004
album: Start Now
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  date published: 2005-07-21
album: Branches
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  date published: 2006-01-01
album: Branches
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  date published: 2007-04-17
album: ...From The Hook To The Hill
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  date published: 2008-10-20
album: Happy Here
  type: MusicAlbum
  date published: 2011-01-01
album: Ben Verdery Guitar Project: On Vineyard Sound
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  date published: 2016-06-24
album: Scenes from Ellis Island: Guitar Music of Benjamin Verdery
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  date published: 2020-02-14
album: Scenes from Ellis Island: Guitar Music of Benjamin Verdery
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  date published: 2020-02-14
album: A Giant Beside You
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  date published: 2023-06-16
track: Song Before Spring (with Ufonia)

Song Before Spring (with Ufonia)
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in album: A Winter Solstice Reunion
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