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Noam Ben-Zeev
When in 1936 Arturo Toscanini first lowered his baton on the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra - the "Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra" at the time - the sound of a single instrument was heard. The first work at the first concert was Carl Maria von Weber's "Oberon" overture, which begins with the sound of a French horn - a delicate, slow call consisting of three notes. The person who...
