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The Moment Before the Downbeat

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On a Thursday evening in 1951, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra sat tuning in Orchestra Hall. Oboes bleated against cellos. Timpani rumbled beneath shrieking violins. A...

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Colossians 1:15-17

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