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FRIDAY APRIL 8 2005 3:00 PM

Mozart's "Ode to Being Stuck Under a Desk For 250 Years"

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One of Europes most celebrated concert houses has discovered what could very well be an unknown piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Using high-tech equipment and archival research, international experts are examining note sheets that bear his name to determine if they are authentic.

"Some things are for it and some against it," Otto Biba, archive director of the Society of Musical Friends of Vienna, was quoted by state television as saying.

The Musikverein, traditionally a showcase for classical performances, was not immediately available for comment. It did not say how the note sheets were discovered.

The experts hope to deliver their assessment by next year. Austria has designated 2006 as a year of festivities to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.

Biba insisted the discovery had nothing to do with the upcoming celebrations.

"This is in no way a gag for Mozart year," Biba said.

I can't imagine what a gag for Mozart year would look like... Maybe dig him up, dress him in a sailor suit, and set him next to sleeping old ladies?

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TReBlah

I'm lost

March 2005

APR 08, 2005 03:03 PM

i hope it's a revolutionary discovery that proves Mozart invented Grunge 250 years ago...

rickets

Seattle, WA

March 2003

APR 08, 2005 03:05 PM

Well, if it was undiscovered, that might be because he didn't think it was ready for prime time.

Having said that, you have to figure that Mozart's "not ready for prime time" trumps pretty much everybody else's bullshit.

MrNailbat

Atlanta, GA

December 2002

APR 08, 2005 04:09 PM

I think it is less likely that it was "hidden" because it wasn't ready for prime time, and more likely just lost. Or a fraud.

Mozart was big in his time, and he didn't really fuck up ever, so if it is authentic, it will not be his "worst ever". Even if he had written something bad, he likely would have destroyed it.

stockula

Anchorage, AK

May 2003

APR 08, 2005 04:19 PM

He's decomposing

_El_Zilcho_

Framingham, MA

April 2003

APR 08, 2005 04:30 PM

socalsk1nhead said:
Could this mean a reuinion show for Falco? I'll have my fingers crossed.

Falco was just one dude. And he died a few years ago. Way to have respect for a legend.

I'm just kidding. Falco isn't a legend.

theseeman

Asheville, NC

December 2002

APR 08, 2005 04:51 PM

Mozart was really Marlowe.

hermetica

Cook Islands

January 2004

APR 08, 2005 04:58 PM

socalsk1nhead said:

PhobetorZero said:

socalsk1nhead said:
Could this mean a reuinion show for Falco? I'll have my fingers crossed.

Falco was just one dude. And he died a few years ago. Way to have respect for a legend.

I'm just kidding. Falco isn't a legend.

A hex on my lands for not being up to date with german one hit wonders of the 80's.

2 hit wonders. Falco did 'Der Kommisar' (sp.?) as well, and if ya dont remember THAT tune..oh wait.. you were, like, 3 years old.
Forget it.