WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Two handwritten music manuscripts discovered in a library clearout at an amateur orchestra in New Zealand have been confirmed as the work of British composer Gustav Holst, untraced for more than a century.
The North Island’s Bay of Plenty Symphonia is mapping the path of the 1906 manuscripts after Britain’s Holst Archive last month said they were the authentic and original signed work of a composer best known for his orchestral suite, “The Planets”.
“The last few weeks we’ve been trying to piece together how they ended up there and why we have got them,” said violaplayer and orchestra member Bronya Dean.
Just proves lost treasure is buried all over -- you just have to know what treasure you’re looking for!
It is mentioned in the article that the pieces were *that* close to being thrown out in a previous clean up.
Yeah, it makes me wonder what treasures have already been tossed out with the trash…
It’s kind of an excuse for terrible hoarding habits, but I know nobody’s going to value my receipts even 200 years down the road.