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| Leonard Bernstein, center, at a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth in Vienna in 1970. CBS, via Getty Images |
Even if you don’t know all of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, you probably recognize its finale, the “Ode to Joy.” Written 200 years ago, it was crafted using techniques you can hear in a Taylor Swift hit, but it’s more than a pretty song.
Lives lived: Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for writing Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown,” died at 89.
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