Police probe museam theft of teeth from Strauss and Brahms

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The teeth of two of the world’s most famous composers have been stolen from their graves by a man who says he wants to start a museum. The alleged Czech thief who has boasted about his crime on the internet says he wants to now display the famous teeth and dentures he has robbed not […]

Mozart exposed as copycat

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart copied the work of a contemporary to use parts of it in his own symphonies, researchers have revealed.The Stiftung Mozarteum (Mozarteum Foundation) in Salzburg said today (Thurs) that the celebrated composer transcribed a composition by Michael Haydn in 1783. The organisation’s investigations show that some pieces of music by Mozart from that […]

Howard Shore to get gong at Vienna film music gala

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Canadian composer Howard Shore will be honoured in Vienna later this year as the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO) is set to perform some of his most famous melodies in an upcoming gala.The famed composer will receive the Max Steiner Award – named after the late Viennese Hollywood score composer (“King Kong”, “Casablanca”) – as […]