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We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

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Emanuel Ax
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 8
Classical Pianist
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Pianist
Lemberg
Austria
Arcane
Applaud
Rules
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