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The Story of Allegri's Miserere

February 12, 2018

Ash Wednesday is this week, and that means all those high Cs in Allegri’s Miserere. Except, he didn’t write them, and Mozart wouldn’t have heard them either…

The story of Allegri’s Miserere - How Mozart, the Vatican, and centuries of mistakes resulted in one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.

In Early Music Monday Tags Allegri, Controversy, History
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