Mus. [It.: see AIR.] = AIR 19.

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1742.  in Bailey.

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1862.  Macm. Mag., Oct., 501. The oyster wench, with her prolonged musical aria of ‘Wh’ all o’ caller ou?’

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1876.  trans. Blaserna’s Sound, ix. 178. The aria … represents in music almost that which the column represents in architecture.

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