The song that takes 639 years to play
In a small German church, a single piece of music has been playing without pause since 2001 — and the musicians tending it know that none of them will live to hear it end. Its notes change so rarely that each change draws a crowd from around the world. Today's secret is the piece, the plan behind it, and the year the final chord is due to sound.
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