“It’s a really valuable work, long thought to have been lost,” said Czech National Museum spokeswoman Sarka Dockalova, at a press conference announcing the discovery of a long-lost Mozart (1756-1791) composition found in a reserve collection inside a vault of a Prague museum. The piece is a collaboration between Mozart and Antonio Salieri (1750-1825), which is fascinating for two reasons: 1) for the music itself, and 2) the discovery casts doubt on the theory that Salieri may have helped poison Mozart who died at the young age of 35. You can learn more about the circumstances of Mozart’s sudden death on Wikipedia. For more great stories from the world of classical music visit Classical Music on FEELguide. (Image courtesy of Blair School of Music)
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