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Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Artemira

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69349Complete Encyclopaedia of Music — ArtemiraJohn Weeks Moore

Artemira. This queen was a distinguished musical lady. She took Cairo by a musical stratagem. She went there with a powerful band of music, drums and trumpets ; and the people, unarmed, ran in throngs to hear the music, while the queen's troops took possession of the city.