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TIL in 1984 Leonard Bernstein once conducted the Vienna Philharmonic without the need of a baton or even his hands and instead only used his brow & facial expressions to communicate to the orchestra all the information they needed.
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TIL Joshua Bell a star violinist who could sell out a theatre in Boston with seats averaging around $100, could hardly attract a dozen of people when he played in a subway in Washington DC.
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TIL Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) is the first composer with known biographical details. A CD featuring her music with Emma Kirkby released in 1981 sold 260,000 copies, making it the eleventh biggest-selling classical CD of all time