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Depression. The new "low-cost workshop" model also offered new opportunities for composers who otherwise would never have their operas produced. And the
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Kalamazoo. Chester later revealed that the marriage was not valid because it took place while both were married to others. Chester had married Ava in 1908. Mary began using the name McCormic after a
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