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'Beethoven in Beijing' tells of Philadelphia Orchestra's trip to China

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Author and filmmaker Jennifer Lin joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to discuss her book “Beethoven in Beijing,” about how musical worlds opened when the orchestra went to China at a time when Western music was banned there.

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