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Сообщение от Tiutchev

prices, sometimes reaching up to $ 2.000.

Washington, DC, subway station, cold morning in January 2007.
The man with the violin playing of Bach. During this time, about 2,000 people marched past him. Three minutes later one of the few passers-by slowed his progress, but then again hurried about their business

4 minutes:
Fiddler earned his first dollar: a woman on the move put the money in the hat

6 minutes:
The young man stopped to listen, then looked at his watch and left.

10 minutes:
The little boy stopped, but his mother abruptly pulled his sleeve. Then a few more kids like to stay, but their parents were taken away immediately

45 minutes:
Musician played without interruption. Only 6 people stopped for a moment to listen to it. About 20 have given money to go. A man with a violin made $ 32.
Then he finished playing. There was no applause

It was one of the most famous violinists Joshua Bell. He played one of the most complex works of Bach on the violin by Antonio Stradivari in 1713 at the cost of 3,5 million dollars. Two days before that Bell gave a concert in Boston, where tickets cost an average of $ 100

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