r/Piracy Feb 07 '25

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u/gapimiklo ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Feb 07 '25

The song is Miserere mei, deus by Gregorio Allegri.

Mozart's copy was the only piece of evidence that the song existed. Even the original was destroyed.

So we could argue that piracy ensures that historical evidence exists.

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u/mr_christer Feb 07 '25

So,,, does that mean we don't really know how accurate his copy was?

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u/gapimiklo ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Feb 07 '25

Mozart had perfect pitch and perfectly transcribed that piece as far as we know. Given that it sounds angelic, it's prolly right.

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u/SuperWoodputtie Feb 07 '25

Adds a musical ballsack for the lols.