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19 Sep 08 - 01:43 PM (#2445227) Subject: BS: Mozart? From: beardedbruce Unknown score written by Mozart found in France 28 minutes ago NANTES, France (Reuters) - A French municipal library has discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said on Thursday. The one-page work, donated to the town by a private collector at the end of the 19th century, was until recently thought to be a copy rather than an original. The unpublished score, measuring 16 cm by 29 cm (6.5 by 11.5 inches), is thought to have been written around 1787, according to an expert musicologist from the Mozarteum university in the composer's native city of Salzburg in Austria. The score is undergoing a second round of expert investigations, Nantes authorities said. "A Mozart autograph is hugely valuable. There are lots of them in the vaults of Swiss banks," said Michel Noiray, head of the French centre for research on musical heritage. Mozart was one of the most prolific classical composers. He died in 1791 at the age of 35, leaving over 600 known pieces of music. |
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19 Sep 08 - 01:45 PM (#2445230) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: Amos Damn, there's a bright spot on a gray sort of day!! Thanks, Bruce! A |
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19 Sep 08 - 04:06 PM (#2445370) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: GUEST,lox I have a fantasy that one day I'll be looking through a yard sale in some old womans house and I'll find an original Mozart or Beethoven score, or failing that a 1954 gold top gibson Les Paul. |
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19 Sep 08 - 04:09 PM (#2445373) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: beardedbruce Well, I have found a 1934 $10 bill ( In a box of books) and an 1804 gold sovereign ( in a bag of old coins (it was a tar lump until I cleaned it)) One takes what one can get. |
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19 Sep 08 - 04:39 PM (#2445393) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: katlaughing Wow! My brother will be excited to hear this, too. Mozart is his hero, being a composer himself and all. Thanks, BB! |
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19 Sep 08 - 07:39 PM (#2445523) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: Stilly River Sage Last time I checked, MOZART counts as MUSIC and should be ABOVE the line! |
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19 Sep 08 - 07:54 PM (#2445528) Subject: RE: BS: Mozart? From: Big Al Whittle This one is very exciting, it says underneath:- I'll get you for this Wolfgang. I'm sending the boys round. signed Salieri |
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19 Sep 08 - 10:18 PM (#2445603) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Stilly River Sage That scenario was created for the play/movie. Salieri had a better reputation than the film suggested. SRS |
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19 Sep 08 - 10:52 PM (#2445616) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: katlaughing He's just kidding, SRS.**bg** |
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20 Sep 08 - 04:13 AM (#2445741) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Big Al Whittle Yeh ...just kidding. The way I heard it - it was just another drugs deal that went wrong. 'Big Tony' Salieri, self styled King of the Salzburg Hoodies, took a contract out on fellow gang member and tough guy 'Wolfgang the Hammer' Deus Mozart. They were both rappers as well as their other activities. If they don't get them in the first 48 years, the police don't tend waste a lot of time on these things. A shame really cos some people reckoned 'The Hammer' might have made as big a conribution as Snoop Doggy Dog, if only he'd lived longer. Wild talk if you ask me, and anyway - its how these people live. |
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20 Sep 08 - 04:30 AM (#2445749) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Bonnie Shaljean LOL, WLD :-) Does anyone know what sort of piece it is? Keyboard, voice, ensemble part? |
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20 Sep 08 - 06:01 AM (#2445777) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Newport Boy It's about 16 bars of church music, possibly a credo. Guardian report and photo of the score here Phil |
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20 Sep 08 - 06:13 AM (#2445781) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: GUEST,lox Well done Newport boy - nice to actually see it. |
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20 Sep 08 - 07:02 AM (#2445794) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Bernard Apparently they found Mozart's grave a few years ago, and he was sitting up in his coffin with a score, crossing notes out. When asked what he was doing, he replied 'I'm decomposing!'... Okay, I've already got me coat... byeee! |
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20 Sep 08 - 07:59 AM (#2445815) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Peter T. There is also a new portrait of him (looks quite unlike the boyish other ones), and a photograph of Costanze that was just found. Everything seems to be coming up Mozart. yours, Peter T. |
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20 Sep 08 - 08:05 AM (#2445818) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Bonnie Shaljean Any links, Peter? I'd love to oust the images of Amadeus from my mental projector - |
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20 Sep 08 - 08:37 AM (#2445828) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Big Al Whittle In a way Sarah Palin is McCain's Constanze...... She will be his helpmate and inspiration as we plunge into a life of debt and squallor. is that the sort of thing, Bonnie....? |
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20 Sep 08 - 09:00 AM (#2445836) Subject: RE: Mozart? From: Bonnie Shaljean Yikes, swap Elizabeth Berridge and implant Sarah Palin instead??!!!! Worse than an earworm. Thanks a bunch, WLD ;-) |