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"You don't have to know anything about the Shakers to appreciate Mr. Copland's score for 'Appalachian..." — Terry Teachout
You don't have to know anything about the Shakers to appreciate Mr. Copland's score for 'Appalachian Spring' any more than you have to know who William Randolph Hearst was to understand 'Citizen Kane.'
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