Musical hoax

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A Musical Hoax (or Musical Mystification) is a piece of classical music composed by one individual but intentionally misattributed to another [1].


Musical hoaxes ascribed to historical figures

Henri Casadesus

Marius Casadesus

Gaspar Cassadó


François-Joseph Fétis

Remo Giazotto

Mikhail Goldstein

Fritz Kreisler [2]

Winfried Michel

Alessandro Parisotti

Manuel Ponce

Vladimir Vavilov


Ascribed to non-existent or purported historical individuals

Roman Turovsky-Savchuk

Paulo Galvao

Winfried Michel

  • Chamber music by "Simonetti"

Roger Eno

  • The Music of Neglected English Composers by Willington Crook, Ellishaw Blakehope, Pilham Aisby, Clare Brand, Jack Hill, Morley Butterknowle, Gayle Hawkes, Burwell Ruckland

[edit] References

  1. ^ Musical Crimes: Forgery, Deceit, and Socio-Hermeneutics
  2. ^ Library of Congress Fritz Kreisler Collection
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