Trombetta also cited a 2007 study into El Sistema, published in the 2010 book Venezuela: The Miracle of Music by Chefi Borzacchini, which showed that among 180 families from 15 nucleos in Caracas . After eight hours of school work, it makes for a long day. It was written at an uncertain date in classical India (200 BCE-200 CE). Venezuela's National Orchestra System rehearsed Friday for a concert composing of 12,000 musicians with which it will try to break the Guinness world record for the largest orchestra in the world this Saturday. Polonaise05. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Nationalism, high culture, oil wealth, endemic poverty and social mobility can be found in many countries. A former politician, he clearly had ambitions beyond the musical realm. I found many Sistema musicians unconvinced by claims that the project was aimed at Venezuelas most vulnerable children. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Allegro06. Allegro03. Yet 2,442 tickets at $45 to $175 sold out weeks ago for Dudamel, the hottest classical property since Van Cliburn returned from Moscow in 1958. [15] The interpretation of the notation system is still controversial (at least five rival interpretations have been published), but it is clear that the notation indicates the names of strings on a lyre, and its tuning is described in other tablets. "Twelve hours, almost," Elster said. Though extremely diverse, the music of ancient civilizations is frequently characterized by monophony, improvisation and the dominance of text in musical settings. The country's symphony orchestras include the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra, Municipal Symphony Orchestra, Mrida State Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquesta Sinfnica Simn Bolvar. He studied music from an early age, becoming involved with El Sistema, the famous Venezuelan musical education programme, and took up the violin at age ten. In Venezuela, it's often the same thing. Another imported genre is Cuban-American salsa, which has produced several domestic superstars, including Oscar D'Leon. [citation needed], Ancient Greek musicians developed their own robust system of musical notation. Academy of Ancient Music reprises its 'South America' programme for a performance in Belgium, tracing the remarkable journey of Domenico Zipoli: priest, traveller and composer extraordinaire. AllegroConcerti Grossi No.4 in A minor, HWV32201. It begins at 20:00 every day. In 2009, at Abreus request, a national center for an El Sistema USA was established at the New England Conservatory in Boston, with a one-year program. Abreu died March 24 at age 78. When it was formed in 1989, the orchestra was tied to a state-funded music education program for disadvantaged youth known as El Sistemawhich recently achieved a Guinness record by gathering. Bright Cecilia. Laurence Cummings and Academy of Ancient Music take Henry Purcells exuberant, blossoming hymn to music the Ode to Saint Cecilia as the starting point for a musical journey through the whole of creation. . And they love it.". His book, El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuelas Youth, is published by Oxford University Press (New York) on 28 November. Several big multimedia festivals took place, such as "Caracas No Duerme," "AX," "Petaquire," and "Mare Nostrum." So since 1995 they've been making some of their own from scratch. Visitors, who show up in battalion strength to watch it, are regularly moved to tears by the enthusiasm and dedication of ensembles whose members extend from teens to toddlers. Their father, who drinks every day, he get drunk with that music," he told Simon. No one. Allemande (02:11:45)02. Venezuela also has El Sistema, a publicly financed voluntary sector music education program founded by Jos Antonio Abreu in 1975. However, with the rise of social classes, many European and Asian societies regarded literacy as superior to illiteracy, which caused people to begin writing down their musical notations. Some of these musicians are recruited from a comprehensive orchestral training and music education program known in Venezuela as El Sistema ("The System"). Mendez said, "It hasn't been easy to convince people to stay. He continued his education at the Latin . Austere as an El Greco, he assured his earliest players that they would change the world. ", Every afternoon, small children line up for free music lessons at their local branch of "the system.". Most of those positions have been filled with younger musicians. In the late 1960s and early 1970s a few Venezuelan artists began experimenting with sounds, using emerging electronic equipment that was being produced. They also played Egmont Overture and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Nanjing Dynasty Orchestra, Wang Jian-Yuan. Raphael Elster runs one of the branches. ", "The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music", "Ancient Iraqi harp reproduced by Liverpool engineers", "Indian music music in India Indian music styles Indian music history", "Musical instruments of the Indian subcontinent". [16], In 1929, Leonard Woolley discovered pieces of four different harps while excavating the ruins of the ancient city Ur, located in what was Ancient Mesopotamia and what is now contemporary Iraq. var outerWidth = sliderWrapper.offsetWidth; Now the Sistema is coming to the UK. 12 mil nios y jvenes de @elsistema se juntan para interpretar la Marcha Eslava de Piotr Ilich Tchaikovscky. Solo un prembulo de lo que ser el espectculo de este sbado #13NOV cuando 12 mil msicos del Sistema Nacional de Orquestas y Coros Juveniles de #Venezuela rompan el rcord Guinness como la Orquesta ms grande del #mundo. Ouverture (00:48:31)02. . All courses are currently open for registration. But it's part of the poverty.". Sounds Venezuela [19][pageneeded] In ancient India, memorization of the sacred Vedas included up to eleven forms of recitation of the same text. Allegro03. The orchestra, or symphony orchestra, is generally defined as an ensemble mainly composing of bowed stringed instruments, percussion, wind and brass instruments. Venezuelan calypso music (including Calypso de El Callao), imported from Trinidad in the 1880s by immigrants arriving during a gold rush, has its own distinctive rhythms and lyrical style. They played their final concert on Tuesday 26 June. Popular music, Rafael says, wouldn't work. Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. The documentary also tells the back stories of three players whose lives have been transformed by their involvement with the Sistema: viola player Jhoanna Sierralta, violinist and conductor Diego Matheuz and percussionist Felix Mendoza. A tempo giusto (00:14:12)02. A Passion for Kids Dudamel is a champion of youth music, not only in his native Venezuela, but in schools and rehearsal rooms across the world. From Bolvar to Super Bowl: why Gustavo Dudamel is reaching out to the world, ElSistema Scotland: Positive outcomes across the board, Howorchestras are riding the wave of change, Venezuelas El Sistema music scheme is model of tyranny, UK academic says, has become the most famous music program in the world, Likened overseas to Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa, founder Jos Antonio Abreu, stories that subsequently emerged from specialist music schools in the UK, Widely portrayed as a revolutionary social project, El Sistema has been championed internationally by the liberal cultural establishment, the future of music, as Simon Rattle believes, much-heralded efforts to transplant it to the UK, El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuelas Youth. In a similar vein, there is also neo-folklore, which takes traditional music and arranges it in an electronic style. So you cannot be walking around here by yourself. "Three hundred thousand kids and young people play music. Bronze cymbals dating from the Roman period (30BCE641CE) have been found in a tomb on a site near Naucratis. He was 17, had a violent criminal background, and the scars to prove it. Before you get started, think of what you already know about ancient Greece and music. But he's always on the phone, looking for additional funding. Pop-out player. But comparison with Suzuki, Opus 118, Buskaid and Community MusicWorks helps to a point. Andante05. Like Suzuki, El Sistema echoes with reminiscences of the Enlightenment and even Platos The Republic, where arts education is civic education and the link between great music and good people is a truth as self-evident as the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He resides in the US. The most important thing happening in music anywhere in the world, says Sir Simon Rattle, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, and himself a product of Britains National Youth Orchestra. On Saturday night, Dudamel and Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela treated the audience to a spirited performance of Beethoven's Eroica. As correspondent Bob Simon first reported in April, it's called "el Sistema" - "the system" - and it's all about children, about saving them - hundreds of thousands of children - through music. The music taught me how to treat people without violence.". Larghetto e affettuoso (01:33:03)02. And if you can help a poor kid in here, you can help a poor kid everywhere. ), reveal an astonishing understanding of the interplay between physics, acoustics, metallurgy, and design. The second concert took place on Tuesday 25 June as part of the Shell Classic International series. (Craig Mathew/Mathew Imaging). Like Dudamel became music director El Sistema in 1999, aged only 18. Founded by harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood in 1973, it was named after an 18th-century organisation of the same name (originally the Academy of Vocal Music). His father was a trombonist and his mother a voice teacher. Debes completar todos los campos obligatorios para poder continuar. Tuesday 18 November, BBC1 10.35pm, http://www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/2008/06/s5_e2_dudamel/, http://www.bbc.co.uk/cultureshow/videos/2008/06/s5_e2_dudamel_extra/, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. In the world of classical music, the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra is unique. Ashley Thompson was the editor. Using historically-informed techniques, period-specific instruments and original sources, we bring music vividly to life in committed, vibrant performances. Both. In 2010, another violist, Sebastian Ruth, won a genius grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for establishing his Community MusicWorks in Providence, R.I. Taylor & Francis, This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 23:53. The Sistemas success has attracted the attention of the likes of Claudio Abbado and Simon Rattle who have both been to Venezuela to work with its young musicians and its alumni are making an impact around the world. "Do you think that the system is changing Venezuela?" What probably does not come to mind is classical music. But it was worth the wait. This moving documentary about Venezuela's unique system of music education takes us from barrios of Caracas to the world's finest concert halls. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Language of Music: The languages of Berkeley an online exhibition", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "What would Ancient Egyptian music sound like, if we could hear it? Reports that El Sistema grads are more likely to finish school and go to college, and that they comprise 75 percent of Venezuelan medical students, are entirely plausible. Music is found in every culture around the world and has existed for at least 55,000 years. Academy of Ancient Music presents a journey through one of the dominant genres in music since the mid-17th century: the trio sonata. Dominican merengue, Cuban and Colombian Latin pop acts such as Billo's Caracas Boys, the Porfi Jimnez Orchestra and Los Meldicos. ", Asked how dangerous it is there, Elster told Simon, "Oh, pretty dangerous. For several years, he served as a member of the Venezuelan Congress before returning to academic life to teach economics and planning. According to Human Rights Watch, the ministers of interior and justice estimate that one of every five crimes is committed by the police. Allegro03. Often, the orchestra is composed of 100 musicians and may be accompanied by a chorus or be purely instrumental. Larghetto, e piano04. "For a lot of people he was a crazy man. "So, a kid is here from 7:00 in the morning from 6:00 in the evening?" Declarations of its success are founded instead on centuries-old beliefs about the uplifting power of high art and a rather more modern PR operation. A generation later, a trickle of local recognition had turned into a Niagara of honors from Sweden, Japan, Canada, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Jewish community of Venezuela, as well as the World Economic Forum and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The gaita united to the Aguinaldo, conforms the national representation of the Venezuelan Christmas. - stream 100 ancient playlists including instrumental, Hans Zimmer, and history music from your desktop or mobile device. Antonio Lauro composed a large body of classical guitar works, adapting traditional Venezuelan waltz and folk songs for the instrument. 60 Minutes caught up with them in London, where they performed before a packed audience at Royal Albert Hall. It recently made its Carnegie Hall debut with Gustavo Dudamel, its celebrated young conductor. In 2004, Gustavo Dudamel, who was then virtually unknown outside his native Venezuela, entered the first Gustav Mahler International Conducting Competition, for . "Absolutely," he said. And they start changing.". Asked if he remembers the night he first started, Dr. Abreu, told Simon through a translator, "We only had 11 children - rehearsing in cramped conditions. In 1975, Venezuelan musician Jose Antonio Abreu created a network of music education programs for children. It's totally different from the metallic feeling of rock music and heavy feeling of classical music. Music accompanied many areas of Roman life including the military, entertainment in the Roman theater, religious ceremonies and practices, and "almost all public/civic occasions."[25][26]. AllegroConcerti Grossi No.9 in F major, HWV32701. var curHeight = outerWidth * aspect; Follow him on twitter at @geoffjbaker, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Mendez worked with Abreu for 15 years. Venezuela entered the Guinness Book of World Records for "the world's largest orchestra" after 12,000 local musicians performed Tchaikovsky . Most of it comes from the Venezuelan government. "And 80, 90 percent of our kids come from here," Elster said. How an Orchestra saved Venezuela's children: David Schoenbaum is a Washington writer whose latest book, The Violin: A Social History of the Worlds Most Versatile Instrument, is being released this month. The 10-day event involved youth ensemble the Sistema-inspired In Harmony Lambeth scheme, and Southbank Centres Resident Orchestras, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. The day Simon was there, the National Youth Orchestra - made up of the system's best musicians - was rehearsing. Many of the kids come from neighborhoods which are so poor, desperate and crime-ridden, that hope is often extinguished in children at an early age. These more experimental fusion artists combine rumba, Latin jazz, joropo, salsa, Venezuelan traditional chants and other forms of Latin American music. His blindness didn't stop the orchestra from letting him be as much a part of it as any other kid. But there are relatively few where all five converge as they do in Venezuela. Dudamel said the cancellation, which came just . Venezuela also houses a national network of public conservatories and music schools; there are also private music schools and institutions. The philosopher-theorist Boethius translated into Latin and anthologized a number of Greek treatises, including some on music. April 11, 2008 / 12:06 PM 208716258 Academy of ancient music Cambridge, GB Academy of Ancient Music (1973- ). Take Lennar Acosta, who 60 Minutes first met eight years ago when he was serving time in a juvenile detention center in Caracas. In 1999, the internationally renowned Lars Ulrik Mortensen became artistic director of the ensemble. MenuetConcerti Grossi No.1 in G major, HWV31901. Founded: 1973, England. Venezuela has also produced classical composers such as: Reynaldo Hahn, Teresa Carreo (who was also a world-renowned pianist), Antonio Lauro, Vctor Varela, Antonio Estevez, Evencio Castellanos, Modesta Bor, Prudencio Esaa, Moiss Moleiro, Sylvia Constantinidis, Gustavo Dudamel, Alfredo Rugeles and Eduardo Marturet (who are primarily international conductors), Federico Ruiz (who also works with other genres) and Vicente Emilio Sojo (known for his contributions to Venezuelan musicology and music education). She has performed with the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, English Concert, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, and Le Concert des Nations. ", Venezuela's Youth Orchestras Seeks Record with 12,000 Musicians. Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistimas most famous success story, conducting Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Now it's full. 8tracks radio. She claimed that the tablet contained fragmentary instructions for performing and composing music in harmonies of thirds, and was written using a diatonic scale. Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is the orchestral composition selected to be performed by Venezuelan youthand children in Saturday's concert. There were numerous allegations of irregularities around its financial affairs, and I also heard claims of sexual abuse and relationships between teachers and students, presaging stories that subsequently emerged from specialist music schools in the UK. Will be more. "We are literally begging all over the world, everyone who has a penny who can give us to buy a string violin, a trumpet, shoes. But Mendez says leading the orchestra network through Venezuela's social and economic crisis will not be easy. Suzanne Duryea, a staff economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, says the bank has calculated a yield of $1.68 in social dividends for every dollar of the $150 million it invested in El Sistema in 2007. Who made El Sistema happen has been clear from the beginning. Allegro03. It's so much in demand, it's on the road more than most professional orchestras. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Venezuela&oldid=1136147575, Brill, Mark. "Without a doubt," Abreu replied. CNY 120 (1st to 14th rows seats in the middle) CNY 100 (15th to 20th rows seats in the middle) CNY 75 (seats on left and right sides and the second floor) Last January, 54 programs were up and running across the United States, although the New England Conservatory, fearful of mission and budget creep at the expense of its traditional priorities, canceled its affiliation. Violinist Alexis Crdenas has graduated from the Sistema to an international career as a soloist. [17], Among the Hurrian texts from Ugarit are some of the oldest known instances of written music, dating from c.1400BCE and including one substantially complete song. Allegro, ma non troppo03. Everybody love music.". Other Venezuelan performers of note are Chino y Nacho, Franco de Vita, Alirio Diaz, Hernn Gamboa, Gualberto Ibarreto, Enrique Hidalgo, Rudy Regalado, Jesus Sanoja, Otmaro Ruiz, Vytas Brenner, Yordano, Juan Carlos Salazar, Huscar Barradas, Billo Frmeta, Homero Parra, Gerry Weil, Diego Matheuz, Domingo Hindoyan, Soledad Bravo, Vidal Colmenares, Mara Teresa Chacn, Luis Gmez-Imbert, Luis Mariano Rivera, Maurice Hasson, Luis Laguna, Arca, Graciela, Italo Pizzolante, Cecilia Todd, Lilia Vera, Renato Capriles, Al Primera, Jos Luis Rodrguez, Graciela Naranjo, Mario Carniello, Henry Martnez, Pedro Eustache and Alberto Naranjo, as well as the groups Serenata Guayanesa, Dimensin Latina, Los Cuaos, Los Caoneros, Guaco, Fantasmas de Caribe, Mango, Grupo Madera, Percujazz Ensamble, Ensamble Gurrufio, Lloviznando Cantos, Los Chamos and El Trabuco Venezolano, among others. Xi'an had 40 orchestras playing Tang court music in 1950. Then there is also the genre commonly known as "Onda Nueva" (New Wave), which is a combination of joropo and jazz music, with influences from the Brazilian Bossa Nova. The characteristics of ancient Chinese music include classical and elegant lyrics, poetic words, neat and beautiful melody and multi-ethnic musical instruments. Allegro05. Eduardo Mendez, newly named executive director of the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela better known as El Sistema, or The System, speaks during an interview at an auditorium in Caracas, Venezuela, March 26, 2018. Ancient Ritual: 1st Violin: Elliot Del Borgo | String Orchestra Sheet Music Qty * $5.99 Add to Cart Ancient Ritual: 1st Violin Digital Sheet Music - View Online and Print On-Demand (PDF Download Not Included) View full set Description: Powerful lines and strong rhythms introduce this journey into mankind's past. Its ironic, then, that El Sistema has been championed internationally by the liberal cultural establishment. The Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela in rehearsal for their Southbank Centre's last Saturday night. A project called The Big Noise has just started on the Raploch estate in Stirling putting classical string instruments into the hands of every child in their first year at primary school. Now, El Sistemas new director, Eduardo Mendez, promises to continue the program's tradition of musical excellence and social service. True. In the future, a million. The musicians, kids mainly, are not graduates of some conservatory or music school - they're alumni of the school of hard knocks in the slums of Venezuela. AllegroConcerti Grossi No.2 in F major, HWV32001. Experiencing The System means receiving the influence of passion and discipline that prevail in every professor, student, classroom, in every space where music sounds with its finest chords in order to foster individual and collective development . The URL has been copied to your clipboard. CoCo recreates the vitality and presence of ancient music and brings it up to date. In the Venezuelan Andes, the Venezuelan bambuco is a local variation of the bambuco. 10:06 - 10:09 PM. Adagio05. Trumpeter Paola Chistoni says the system teaches kids a lot more than how to play an instrument. The Academy of Ancient Music (AAM) is a British period-instrument orchestra based in Cambridge, England. Other forms of Venezuelan folk music are tensively recorded and researched due to the work of Caracas-based Fundacin Bigott. Gustavo Dudamel, (born January 26, 1981, Barquisimeto, Venezuela), Venezuelan conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (2009- ) who earned acclaim for his ability to draw fresh dynamic performances from orchestras. The original Academy of Ancient Music (= AAM) was established in 1726 for the purpose of studying and performing 'old' music - defined initially as anything composed at least a century earlier, but soon to include more contemporary composers, most notably George Frideric Handel. The first semblance of a modern orchestra came in the early 17th century when the Italian opera composer Claudio Monteverdi formally assigned specific instruments to perform his music. "Music produces an irreversible transformation in a child. Yes, its a model, said one, of absolute tyranny: a society where someone will always be telling you what to do. On the other hand, same history for many well-known bands like Devendra Banhart (Naturalismo), Aditus[es] Resistencia, Los Amigos Invisibles (Acid Jazz), Arkangel founded by Paul Gilmann and Freddy Marshall, Malanga, Desorden Publico (Ska/Pop), King Chango (Ska/Latin American music), Culto oculto (Experimental/Rock), Caramelos de Cianuro (Pop/Rock), Mikel Erentxun (Pop/Rock), Candy 66, Tan Fro El Verano, La Vida Bohme and the now extinct but influential groups Sentimiento Muerto (Post-punk), Zapato 3 (Pop/Rock), and Dermis Tat (Rock). Admission Fee. Contrary to popular belief, El Sistema did not begin life as a social program, and the social benefits subsequently attributed to it, such as inclusion and teamwork, while music to the ears of funders, are harder to detect than authoritarianism and competition. The 12,000 youth musicians have been rehearsing for two months, and will play in a coordinated manner for five minutes the 12-minute-long piece, which is the required time to be certificatied by Guiness. Largo (01:58:32)02. The long reverberation time period of King's College Chapel is tamed by a close and rather dry recording. Currently, 275,000 children attend the Sistemas schools and many of them play in one of the 125 youth orchestras. Although musical compositions may have existed this far back in human history, the earliest written songs only date back to over 3,000 years ago. "Dr. Abreu often says that the system saves children. When they sit in one of these chairs in the orchestra, they think they're in another country, in another planet. sliderWrapper.querySelector('[data-motoslider]').height = curHeight + 'px'; (function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true); Academy of Ancient Music with the BBC Singers for Bach's six motets and his large-scale cantata: La, Frstin, la noch einen Strahl. Lento04. True. The idea of seeking certification from the Guinness World Records organization arose after the April 7, 2018 concert in which 10,071 young people played together to pay tribute to the founding maestro of the National Orchestra System, Jos Antonio Abreu (1938-2018). NATURE'S ORCHESTRA ANCIENT MUSIC Bunkum! Within a year, he was taking them on tour. And their orchestra is about the exuberance of youth. Like Suzuki and Buskaid, El Sistema owes much of its success at home to the validation of patrons and audiences abroad, and high-profile attention from global media. Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistemas superstar conductor, describes the orchestra as a beautiful model for a society. The genre was introduced by Aldemaro Romero with a special contribution by famed drummer and timpanist Frank Hernandez, nicknamed "El Pavo" (The Peacock) by employing a very peculiar drum beat. Hard work is an understatement. Episode 4: Ancient orchestra Humans have been turning objects into musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. Thousands of musicians were brought together on Saturday 13 November 2021 by Venezuela's nationally financed 'El Sistema' music programme, whose alumni includes the legendary musical director, Gustavo Dudamel, to attempt a Guinness World Record for the 'World's Largest . Pointing to a lack of mechanisms for consistently targeting this demographic, they suggested that most musicians came from the middle levels of society. It was National Prize of popular music of the INAVI with his valse Nora. Indeed, claims of miraculous social transformation have yet to be verified by any rigorous evaluation, despite 40 years of state funding and more than $500m in development bank loans. Venezuelan pop musicians such as Guillermo Davila, Ricardo Montaner, Kiara, Karina, Los Chamos, Urbanda, Uff, Jos Luis Rodrguez "El Puma", Yordano, Franco DeVita, and Ilan Chester have gained popularity in other Latin American countries. Foreign players from the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus have come to see and coach. The musicians play on either original instruments from the period when the music . 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