Musical hoax

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A musical hoax (also musical forgery and musical mystification) is a piece of music composed by an individual who intentionally misattributes it to someone else. [1]

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Ascribed to non-existent or purported historical individuals

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References

  1. Dan Hill. "Musical Crimes: Forgery, Deceit, and Socio-Hermeneutics". Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  2. Christian Speck and Stanley Sadie,Boccherini,(Ridolfo)Luigi, Grove Music https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03337
  3. Lebermann W. Apokryph, "Plagiat, Korruptel oder Falsifikat?" Musikforschung 20 (1967): 413–25.
  4. Arthur Hutchings, "Personal View: 2. Du Côté de chez Zak", Musical Times 102, no. 1424 (October 1961): 623–24. Citation on p. 623.
  5. "Kreisler Reveals 'Classics' as Own; Fooled Music Critics for 30 Years; Composed Works Ascribed to Vivaldi, Couperin and Porpora to Avoid Using His Name Too Often at His Recitals -- Manuscript Hunt Exposed Hoax, He Cables From Vienna". The New York Times. 8 February 1935. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  6. Rodney Slatford, "Review: Domenico Dragonetti in England (1794-1846): The Career of a Double Bass Virtuoso" Music & Letters 80, no. 2 (May 1999): 297–99
  7. Andrew Porter, "Zak's 'Mobile'", The Musical Times 123, no. 1671 (May 1982): 319.
  8. "Кажется, это не Бах: краткая история музыкальных мистификаций". Нож. 26 August 2018.
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  10. "British Author Espies a Funerary Violin Vacuum and So Fills It". The New York Times. 4 October 2006.