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Music is a therapy.It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.

Yehudi Menuhin

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Yehudi Menuhin
Age: 82 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 22
Died: 1999
Died: March 12
Autobiographer
Conductor
Jazz Musician
Politician
Violinist
New York City
New York
Yehudi Menuhin
Baron Menuhin
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Immediate
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