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Word: overworn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which required performance of the concerto. Since then, with the rise in competitions' importance, the work has become one of the most overplayed of all repertoire staples. The passion and fervor of the work, which seemed so wild and new in 1875, can strike the jaded modern ear as overworn and even vacuous...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: A Romantic Interlude | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

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