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Mozart resolved his emotions on a level that transformed them into moods uncontaminated by mortal anguish, enabling him to express the angelic anguish that is so peculiarly his own.
Yehudi Menuhin
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Yehudi Menuhin
Age: 82 †
Born: 1916
Born: April 22
Died: 1999
Died: March 12
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