"The Magic Number," a composition for orchestra and voice written by former spouses Andre Previn and Dory Previn Shannon, was recently premiered by the New York Philharmonic.
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"We speak in a kind of shorthand," Shannon, whom Previn left after he met Mia Farrow, told the New York Times. "Each of us understands how the other thinks and writes."Shannon said her ex-husband's "present wife asked me to be godmother to their child, and that brought us back together. To continue the vitriol would negate the years of terrificness we had. Now we intend to write more songs together." - Leah Garchik