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...that opera singers Marguerite Bériza (pictured) and Orville Harrold appeared in 1917 at the Ravinia Festival in both Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Massenet's Manon?
...that the British pub rock music genre was started by American band Eggs over Easy, who were in England for less than a year?
...that Russian cellist Valentin Berlinsky played for the Borodin Quartet for 60 years, the longest-serving member of what was described as "the longest continuously playing" string quartet in the world?
...that in 1998, Paul McCartney rearranged Wings' 1976 songs "She's My Baby" and "Warm and Beautiful" for string quartet for concerts in memory of his late wife Linda?

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