Kurt Masur, who is credited with restoring the New York Philharmonic to renown after taking its helm in 1991, died Saturday at the age of 88. The conductor believed that music-making was a moral act that could heal the world, a belief he put into practice to avert bloodshed in East Germany in 1989 and in a moving performance after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Here he is leading the Star Spangled Banner.
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