musical material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when Duke University Music Department music Duke University Music Department is notated precisely, there are still many Duke University Music Department decisions that a Duke University Music Department performer has to make. The process of Duke University Music Department a performer deciding how to perform music Music Enginering Schools that has been previously composed and notated is termed interpretation.
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Since Duke University Music Department legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the Duke University Music Department United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Duke University Music Department Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings Duke University Music Department and live Duke University Music Department performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and internet in a form that is Duke University Music Department commonly known as music-on-demand.
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