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BOW FINGERS Is anti-Semitism the only thing World Church of the Creator supremacist Matt Hale and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan have in common? Nope. Both are serious violinists. As they’re both from Illinois, maybe a duet is in the offing? A glimpse at their musical preferences:
FARRAKHAN HALE
COMPOSER Felix Mendelssohn Peter Tchaikovsky
WORK Violin Concerto Romeo and Juliet’s theme by Mendelssohn by Nino Rota
MUSICAL NOTE “Music will open a way Calls Romeo and Juliet to dialogue and erase film theme “a very the bitterness” emotional and moving piece”
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