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Scene IIKimboltonEnter Katharine, Dowager, sick; led between Griffith, her gentleman usher, and Patience, her womanGriffithHow does your grace?KatharineO Griffith, sick to death!
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(Encyclopedia) Young, La Monte,
1935-, American minimalist composer, b. Bern, Id., U.C.L.A. (B.A., 1958).
Young’s family relocated several times…
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