Music: Prodigy

The one thing wrong with Margaret Rosezarian Harris was that she sometimes couldn't reach the right notes—but she would grow. And her appreciative audience thought that her phrasing, rhythm and pedaling (on extended pedals) were already surprisingly adept for a three-year-old.

Dressed in spotless white satin, with a pink ribbon in her curly black hair, Margaret made her debut as a concert pianist last week in Chicago's Carey Temple (African Methodist Episcopal). She gave the audience a curtsy, saw that her doll Rosezarian was seated on a chair beside the grand piano, then clambered up on the bench and began a...

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