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It’s WA today, Minna,” called Orson from across the room, Orson’s name for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orson played second violin with a sloppy serenity, rolling his eyes and sticking out his tongue, his bowing long and sweeping and beautiful even when out of tune. “If you must make a mistake,” he had quoted, “make it a big one.” Was it Heifetz who had said it? Perlman? Zukerman maybe?
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Patricia MacLachlan (The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt: A Story for Kids (Ages 8-12) About Mozart, a Mother's Quote, and Discovering Truth (Charlotte Zolotow Books (Paperback)))