Musical hoax

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

Musical hoaxes ascribed to historical figures:

Name of Piece False attribution Actual composer
Symphony No. 21 Ovsianniko-Kulikovsky Mikhail Goldstein
Viola concerto Ivan Khandoshkin Mikhail Goldstein
Album-blatte Alexander Glazunov Mikhail Goldstein
Impromptu (Экспромт) Mily Balakirev Mikhail Goldstein
Adélaïde Concerto Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Marius Casadesus
Viola Concerto George Frideric Handel Henri Casadesus
Viola Concerto Johann Christian Bach Henri Casadesus
Lute Concerto Valentin Strobel Francois-Joseph Fetis
"Kanzona" for lute Francesco Da Milano Vladimir Vavilov
Ave Maria Giulio Caccini Vladimir Vavilov
Elegy for guitar Mikhail Vyssotsky Vladimir Vavilov
Nocturne C minor for guitar Vassily Sarenko Vladimir Vavilov
Mazurka in C minor for guitar Andrey Sykhra Vladimir Vavilov
Lost keyboard sonatas Franz Joseph Haydn Winfried Michel
Аllegretto Grazioso Franz Schubert Gaspar Cassadó
Toccata Girolamo Frescobaldi Gaspar Cassadó
Introduction & Allegro Gaetano Pugnani Fritz Kreisler
Chaconne Tomaso Antonio Vitali Ferdinand David
Adagio in G minor Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Remo Giazotto
"Se tu m'ami" Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Alessandro Parisotti
Suite in E major Sylvius Leopold Weiss Manuel Ponce


Ascribed to non-existent or purported historical individuals:

Name of Piece False attribution Actual composer
Works for baroque lute Johann Joachim Sautscheck Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
Works for renaissance lute Ioannes Leopolita Roman Turovsky-Savchuk
Works for archlute and baroque guitar "AdC" Paulo Galvao
Chamber music "Simonetti" Winfried Michel

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.serenestudios.co.uk/articles/musical_crimes