The Musikverein, one of Europe's most prestigious concert houses, is investigating whether it has discovered a previously unknown score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, state television reported Wednesday.
Using high-tech equipment and archival research, international experts are examining note sheets that bear his name to determine if they are authentic.
"Some things are for it and some against it," Otto Biba, archive director of the Society of Musical Friends of Vienna, was quoted by state television as saying.
The Musikverein, traditionally a showcase for classical performances, was not immediately available for comment. It did not say how the note sheets were discovered.
The experts hope to deliver their assessment by next year. Austria has designated 2006 as a year of festivities to mark the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Biba insisted the discovery had nothing to do with the upcoming celebrations.
"This is in no way a gag for Mozart year," Biba said.
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It makes no sense that this manuscript is real. The Mozarteum is silent on the matter. That speaks volumes.
If the document was authentic, or even worthy of study by the ISM, we would have heard about it.
I put this "find" in the same catagory as the "Berlin Mozart"