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The International Harp Contest in Israel

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “regarded as the most important harp competition in the world”. Today it says “harp competition”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959”. It now reads “Classical music competition Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Classical music competition Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959 The International Harp Contest in Israel is a harp competition. Founded in 1959 by Aharon Zvi Propes in the city of Jerusalem , it was the first competition for the harp in the history of the instrument.

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “regarded as the most important harp competition in the world”. Today it says “harp competition”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959”. It now reads “Classical music competition Susanna Mildonian winner of the 1st International Harp Contest in Israel, 1959”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

regarded as the most important harp competition in the world

Now

harp competition

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