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Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.

Gian Carlo Menotti

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Gian Carlo Menotti
Age: 95 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 7
Died: 2007
Died: February 1
Composer
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Film Director
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Music Pedagogue
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Inevitability
Remembrance
Melody
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