Enigma Variations

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Enigma Variations: References & Edit History

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Betsy Schwarm

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: San Francisco Symphony - Elgar: Enigma, Variations on an Original Theme, Opus 36.	Grace Young	Mar 06, 2016
	Add new Web site: Internet Archive - Enigma Variations.	Satyavrat Nirala	Oct 13, 2015
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper Betsy Schwarm	Jun 28, 2013