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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on April 22, 2014?

44 free events take place on Tuesday, April 22 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out April 22 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of April . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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44 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Tuesday, April 22, 2014

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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free events nyc A Golden Anniversary: New York City Ballet
free events nyc Is Today’s Gossip Tomorrow’s News?
free events nyc Ralph Nader signs copies of his book Unstoppable: The Emerging Right-Left Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
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Other | A Free Cup of Organic Coffee


Come get your free cup of organic coffee in celebration of Earth Day.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour


This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour


Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional" Tour times: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Midtown Manhattan Tour


Arguably the world's most valuable, busiest and most crowded pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors think of when they think of New York City. Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco). it's not difficult to understand why. But just behind the massive facades, lie facinating histories just waiting to be unveiled.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour


You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Pilates Class


A free Pilates class with a certified instructor. Begin the process toward a building flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance for strong and comfortable body. Please wear comfortable clothes. All participants must sign a waiver form before they join in.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:30 am
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Jazz | Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen


The Gotham Jazzmen bring their take on Dixieland Jazz. The band features: Ed Bonoff on drums; James Collier on trombone; Lee Lorenz on cornet; Pete Sokolow on piano; Dick Waldburger on bass; Ernie Lumer on clarinet; and Bill Wurtzel on guitar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Concert | Bach at Noon


The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Tour | Cathedral Tour


Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Concert | Mannes Downtown Chamber Music Concert


The Ernst C. Stiefel Chamber Music Series presents Mannes College chamber music ensembles in a series of free lunch-time performances. The program for this concert will be announced a week before the performance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Tim Burton's Oscar Nominee Big Fish (2003): Bridging the Generation Gap


Starring Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Albert Finney. A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life. 125 min.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Tour | US Customs House Building Tour


A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Workshop | Yoga in the Park


Veria Living will provide the mats, a bag of goodies and a chance to be on Veria Living TV. In addition to the classes, Earth Day NY will also host a number of additional activities throughout the day from 11am-7pm. The events include: an after work concert (3-7pm), kids activities & entertainment, green vehicle runway show & exhibition, environmental exhibits & green product samples and a used clothing & electronics drop off.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Lecture | Shakespeare and Medicine: 'So Sick I am not, yet I am not Well'


A fun talk exploring the Elizabethan age of diagnosis, treatment and cures for the physical and mental maladies found in Shakespeare's plays. Elizabethans believed an imbalance of the "humors" would affect the patient and blood-letting would balance the body. Speaker Melinda Hall will discuss quirky cures for common maladies such as how putting a roasted onion in the ear could soothe an earache among other helpful remedies. Short excerpts from King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor and All’s Well that Ends Well will be acted to demonstrate these points.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:15 pm
Free

Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | Has Capitalism Seen Its Day?


A lecture by Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Köln.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park


Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
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Discussion | A Golden Anniversary: New York City Ballet


New York City Ballet first performed at Lincoln Center 50 years ago this spring. In celebration of this milestone, join Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts President Jed Bernstein in a conversation with veteran dancer Suki Schorer, as well as current NYCB Soloists Megan LeCrone and Craig Hall.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:00 pm
Free

Talk | Artist Talk: Leslie Hewitt


Artist Leslie Hewitt discusses the development of her practice and recent collaborations.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals: Baroque Theorbo, Archlute, Bassoon


6pm Kevin Payne, Baroque Theorbo and Archlute 8pm Leah Kohn, Bassoon 8pm Winds, Harps, and Guitars
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Concert | Juilliard Chamber Music


Students from one of the world's leading music conservatories perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Poetry Reading | Renato Rosaldo reads from his book The Day of Shelly’s Death


Come hear the Professor of Anthropology, read from his new collection of poetry published by Duke University Press in 2014.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Author Reading | Warren Hoffman reads from his book The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical


The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical reveals the racial politics, content, and subtexts that have haunted musicals for almost one hundred years. New archival research will have theater fans and scholars forever rethinking how they view this popular American entertainment. Warren Hoffman currently serves as the Associate Director of Community Programming for the Center of Jewish Life and Learning at Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Talk | A Conversation with Soprano Catherine Malfitano


The sixth and final Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season will feature Catherine Malfitano. The New York-born soprano has had a blazing, original career in which she has sung leading roles in the world's top theaters and has also been a ground-breaker in terms of choice of roles, acting and interpretation. She has become an important opera director and a revered teacher as well, not only to young artists but to active, working singers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Author Reading | Fiction Forum: Robert Antoni


Robert Antoni is the author of five books: Divina Trace, Blessed is the Fruit, My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales, Carnival, and As Flies to Whatless Boys. He has been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, Commonwealth Writers Prize, and an NEA grant. Antoni holds an MA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from the Writers Workshop at the University of Iowa.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
$5

Discussion | Is Today’s Gossip Tomorrow’s News?


It takes a lot more than a list of highly placed contacts and a flair for attention-grabbing prose to land a career as a gossip columnist. In today's wired world, there's constant pressure to be fast and first. Now more than ever the emphasis is on getting the scoop and getting it right. Hear from some of the best-known and most trusted gossip hounds in the business as they dish the dirt and share their secrets of what it takes to succeed in this crowded field. Discussion followed by a book signing with George Rush and Joanna Molloy. With: - George Rush, co-author, Scandal, a Manual: The Inside Story of America’s Infamous Gossip Columnists - Joanna Molloy, co-author, Scandal, a Manual: The Inside Story of America’s Infamous Gossip Columnists - Richard Johnson, Page Six, The New York Post - Jo Piazza, executive news director at In Touch and Life & Style and author of Celebrity Inc. - Moderated by Michael Riedel, theater columnist for the New York Post and Co-host of “Theatre Talk,” PBS
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Slide Lecture | Pulitzer winner Bill Dedman discusses his book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune


This illustrated lecture reveals a complex portrait of the mysterious Huguette Clark and her intimate circle, and tells an enthralling story of an eccentric of the highest order, a last jewel of the Gilded Age who lived life on her own terms.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Workshop | Scene of the Crime: How to Write a Crime or Detective Novel or Short Story


Crime fiction has always been thought of as genre fiction, but is it? Shouldn’t all good fiction contain elements of mystery and suspense, otherwise why would we bother to turn to the page to find out what’s going to happen next? Learn the elements of creating a crime novel or short story, how to begin, how to plot, how to create character, and how, perhaps most important, to create suspense. Instructor Charles Salzberg is the author of the Shamus Award-nominated novel Swann’s Last Song and the sequel Swann Dives In.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:30 pm
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Forum | World Book Night 2014, with Garrison Keillor, Malcolm Gladwell, and More


During this worldwide event, which takes place on Shakespeare’s birthday, those participating in World Book Night give away books to people who don’t regularly read or don’t have access to printed books. This will be an author event in honor of the special day. Acclaimed authors Malcolm Gladwell, Garrison Keillor, Walter Dean Myers, Tobias Wolfe and more will talk about their love of books and libraries.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
Free

Talk | An Amazonian Field Report: 6 Rivers, 5 Biologists, 4 Countries, 3 Artists, 2 Expeditions, 1 Continent


David Brooks' talk will comb through some of the travails, trails, and trivialities that artists have taken through the Amazon Basin in search of timeless knowledge, El Dorados, mysterious creatures never before seen by humanity, and exotic cultures. Of course none of these things were ever found, but plenty of other things filled up our suitcases along the way.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Talk | Artist Talk: Richard Renaldi


Photographer Richard Renaldi discusses his most recent project and forthcoming book, Touching Strangers, for which he enlists strangers to create intimate relationships that exist only for the moment in which the photograph is taken.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Reading | Contributors read from The Common and Guernica Magazine


Have you ever read a novel and felt as though the author was speaking directly to you? Or about you? Guernica and The Common contributors come together to read from and discuss fiction they feel was written just for them and who their own work is addressed to, if anyone. The event features authors Benjamin Anastas, Dina Nayeri, Kiese Laymon and is moderated by The Common Editor in Chief Jennifer Acker and Guernica Senior Fiction Editor Meakin Armstrong.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | David McCullough Jr. reads from his book You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements


Famed speaker, English teacher and son of the renowned historian, David McCullough, Jr. discusses the profound expansion of his famous Wellesley High School speech, viewed by millions on YouTube.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Elaine Lui reads from her book Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do?


This is a laugh-out loud-event as Elaine Lui discusses and signs her hilarious look at having a "unique" parent. A wonderful read for mothers and daughters everywhere.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Experiments in Dance: Future Death Toll / Monica Hogan Danceworks / Naomi Elena Ramirez


A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress, for artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion moderated by an Artist-in-Residence or an occasional guest, where we will experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform the artists' process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$3 suggested donation

Workshop | Introduction to Meditation


These introductory meditation classes were featured in New York Magazine’s top picks (4 stars).
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation

Symposium | NY Comics & Picture-Story Symposium


This week’s guest speaker will be publisher and cartoonist Tom Kaczynski.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Book Signing | Ralph Nader signs copies of his book Unstoppable: The Emerging Right-Left Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State


The consumer advocate and presidential candidate argues the ever-tightening influence of big business on the mainstream media, elections and our local, state and federal governments have caused many Americans to believe they have no political voice.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
Free

Concert | The NYU New Music Ensemble


Acoustic instruments and electronic music.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | College Recitals


7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Freshman Vocal Recital 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Jazz Student Composers' Chamber Concert
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
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Screening | Earth Day Short Film: In Glorious Mud Green Man (2012)


In Glorious Mud Green Man observes Green Man creating wonder throughout New York City while revealing an intimate portrait of Tom, the man who assumes Green Man's posture in public. Born out of the crook of a tree, Green Man explores and experiences the world with both animal and human instincts as he encounters different situations. 33 min. After the film there will be a Q&A with the filmmaker Joe Fenstermaker featuring Tom Goodgridge (Green Man). They will discuss Green Man, nature in New York City and the documentary filmmaking process.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation

Tour | Manhattan Night Tour


New York is a skyscraper city and there is no better time to view Manhattan’s icons than after the sun sets and the lights go on. Fueled by competition and a dash of audacity, New York City is still producing one of mankind’s most remarkable skyline. NOTE: THIS TOUR SPENDS MUCH TIME INDOORS OR IN SUBWAYS AND GREAT FOR ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Musical | A Heart-Warming Musical

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Classical Music | Piano Works by Robert Schumann

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Concert | Rock Concert at NYC's Renowned Jazz Club

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