The Day Mozart Stole Music From the Vatican ~ The Imaginative Conservative
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The Vatican knew it had a winner on its hands with Allegri’s "Miserere" and, wanting to preserve its aura of mystery and exclusivity, forbade replication, threatening anyone who attempted to copy or publish it with excommunication. But that didn't stop the teenaged Mozart.
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Original Title: TIL that in the 1630s there was a song only played in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of “Miserere Mei, Deus” secret for 140 years until 14-year-old Mozart listened to it 2 times, transcribed it from memory, and produced one of the earliest records of musical piracy.