From parody to absurdity. Musical-historical curiosities

In the musical art of any time there have always been a lot of mysteries. For a modern listener, they often appear frank curios. The formidable and frightening word “plagiarism” clearly did not worry many masters of the past, otherwise how to explain the abundance of borrowing among the geniuses recognized by the world - Bach and Handel? Why could female roles be performed by men (and vice versa) in the opera of the XVII-XVIII? Some composers could use receptions in the form of a semi -a -deck that fundamentally changing the traditional interpretation of the work. It also happened that they signed their creation by a strange name, and as a result, various kinds of myths and speculations arose in the mass consciousness, the strength of which could envy the strengthening of medieval castles. The plots of the reader of the book of the book’s attention are turned to some of these myths, mysteries and curioses, partly recalling detective investigations ...
Work can be interesting to a wide circle of the reader - art historians, culturalists, philosophers, all interested in the history of musical art