Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry

Sacha Guitry news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Sacha Guitry performances. According to Wikipedia: Sacha Guitry was a French film actor, director and screenwriter and playwright.

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UK boy a "Mozart" after just 4 months of lessons

From:  reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A 10-year-old British boy is being hailed as a Mozart-like child prodigy by his music teacher after only four months of piano lessons. Shane Thomas practices for only four hours a week but already plays to a high standard and composes classical music scores in his head, British media reported Thursday. He first sat down at a piano at the age of seven and could play almost instantly by ear. Since then he has had formal lessons for just four months. "I told Dad when I... Read Full Story

Pianist plays newly discovered Mozart pieces

From:  afp.com
Two newly discovered piano pieces thought to be composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a child were played Sunday in his home city of Salzburg. The impressive pieces, a four-minute concerto for piano and a one-minute prelude, were composed around 1763-1764 when the prodigy was just seven or eight years old, the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg said. They were found in a music book belonging to Mozart's sister Nannerl, in the foundation's archives. Until now, all 18 scores in... Read Full Story

Newly discovered Mozart piano pieces unveiled

From:  afp.com
Two newly discovered piano pieces, which scholars say were almost certainly composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, were presented Sunday in the composer's birthplace of Salzburg. The pieces, a four-minute concerto for piano and a one-minute prelude, were found in his sister Nannerl's music book, in the archives of the International Mozarteum Foundation. They were "in all probability, bordering on certainty" the works of the young Mozart, composed around 1763-1764 when the prodigy was seven or... Read Full Story

Pianist plays newly identified Mozart tunes

From:  afp.com
Two newly discovered piano tunes believed to be written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a child were played Sunday in the composer's home city of Salzburg. The impressive pieces, a four-minute concerto for piano and a one-minute prelude, were composed around 1763-1764 when the prodigy was just seven or eight years old, the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg said. They were found in a music book belonging to Mozart's sister Nannerl, in the foundation's archives. Until now, all 18... Read Full Story

Newly discovered Mozart works played in Austria

From:  reuters.com
SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian pianist performed two newly discovered pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the first time in public on Sunday in a house where the master composer once lived. The concerto movement and a prelude were originally judged by their archivist, the International Mozarteum Foundation, to be anonymous works. Further analysis determined they had been composed by Mozart when he was 7- or 8-years-old. Both pieces were transcribed in the writing of Mozart's... Read Full Story

Mozart to undergo rock opera treatment in France

From:  reuters.com
PARIS (Reuters Life!) - A rock opera based on the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of Western music's greatest geniuses, goes on stage in Paris next month, in what the producer says will be a tribute to "the first rock star." Revered as a prodigy from an early age, Mozart's prolific outpouring of operas, concertos, chamber music, symphonies and sacred choral works may have made him one of the most significant figures in European culture. But the show's producers are more interested in... Read Full Story

Newly discovered Mozart pieces performed in Austria

From:  afp.com
Two newly discovered piano pieces, which scholars now say were almost certainly composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, were performed Sunday in the composer's birthplace of Salzburg. The partitions, a four-minute concerto for piano and a one-minute prelude, were found in Mozart's sister Nannerl's notebook, in the archives of the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg. They were "in all probability, bordering on certainty" the works of the young Mozart, composed around 1763-1764 when... Read Full Story

Strep throat may have killed Mozart

From:  reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by complications stemming from strep throat, according to a Dutch study published on Monday. Since the composer's death in 1791, there have been various theories about the cause of his untimely end, from intentional poisoning, to rheumatic fever, to trichinosis, a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork. On his death certificate it was officially recorded that the cause... Read Full Story

Strep throat may have killed Mozart: study

From:  reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the age of 35 may have been caused by complications stemming from strep throat, according to a Dutch study published on Monday. Since the composer's death in 1791, there have been various theories about the cause of his untimely end, from intentional poisoning, to rheumatic fever, to trichinosis, a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork. On his death certificate it was officially recorded that the... Read Full Story

Mozart may have died from strep throat: study

From:  afp.com
A Dutch study published Tuesday concludes that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose death at 35 has long been the subject of speculation, may have been a victim of complications stemming from strep throat. Theories about the prolific composer's untimely death have ranged from poisoning to kidney failure to trichinosis, a parasitic disease that comes from eating raw or undercooked pork. But Richard Zegers of the University of Amsterdam concluded that the legendary composer fell victim to a "minor... Read Full Story
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