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I went to the Kansas City symphony on the 14th day of October, and experienced something that I might not have ever experienced in my life. I went with some of my close school friends, but while I was there listening and watching the orchestra, I felt a seclusion as if the orchestra was playing for me. First the orchestra began to play Kyrie, music that I could understand the meaning of just by hearing it without the translation. The composer came out before this music, along with the singers and the first violinists, all of whom I had never known took place. Also, while we took our seats passing all the rich old people, I heard the symphony tuning their instruments and warming up. It was by comparing this sound of chaos with the unity of the orchestra under the control of the conductor, that I realized how truly beautiful the sound of the synchrony of the different instruments, families, and voices.
Another thing that I noticed at this symphony was a factor in the symphony that......

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