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    The Music of Strangers

    Morgan Neville's documentary is a joyous revelation, a group portrait of superb musicians from all over the world offering music as an emblem of what people can do in these troubled times when they live in concert with one another.

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Jun 11, 2016 • 3m Listen

    Yo-Yo Ma never committed to being a musician, "I just did it. I fell into it. That turns out to be the main theme of The Music of Strangers -- a search for personal purpose, accompanied by constant questioning of where music and art belong in the chaos of the modern world.

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