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For some reason I seem to absorb the landscape and cultures where I am planted. A State Divided Symphony was inspired by the 150th anniversary of Missouri's entry into the Civil War.
Barbara Harbach
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Barbara Harbach
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: February 14
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