Happy Birthday
An
early version of the tune “Happy Birthday” tune has been discovered in a
‘forgotten’ filing cabinet at the University of Louisville. The
manuscript dated about 1890 is believed to be the only one known of Mildred
Hill’s song, “Good Morning to All”, which evolved into the world’s most-sung
melody, “Happy Birthday”. Hill, along with her sister Patty, co-wrote the
piece as part of their publication “Song Stories for the Kindergarten.”
The words evolved over the years but the tune has remained the same and
eventually became known as “Happy Birthday”. The tune has recently been the
subject of a copyright and public domain court case.
The melody is written in a different key and has a slightly different tune, though the rhythm and words remain the same as the published version. A question remains over the version found as to whether this is the original or a revision. Unfortunately the first page of the manuscript is missing.
The melody is written in a different key and has a slightly different tune, though the rhythm and words remain the same as the published version. A question remains over the version found as to whether this is the original or a revision. Unfortunately the first page of the manuscript is missing.
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Menu to be Devoured
The
menu from the vessel ‘Titanic’s’ last lunch is one of only two or three known
to exist, and will be auctioned on 30 September by Lion Heart Autographs of New
York with live bidding on Invaluable, more than a century after first-class
passengers aboard the Titanic ate grilled mutton chops and custard pudding in
an elaborate dining room. The luncheon menu is expected to fetch up to
$70,000 in the online auction and will be sold with a letter written by one of
the ship’s survivors and a ticket from the Titanic’s Turkish baths weighing
chair, used to measure a person’s weight.
It is now 30 years since the wreckage of the ship, which had been dubbed unsinkable, was discovered on the ocean floor by a team of researchers. Stamped with a date of 14 April 1912 and the White Star Line logo, the menu also included corned beef; mashed, fried and baked jacket potatoes; a buffet of fish, ham and beef; an apple meringue pastry; and a selection of eight cheeses.
It is now 30 years since the wreckage of the ship, which had been dubbed unsinkable, was discovered on the ocean floor by a team of researchers. Stamped with a date of 14 April 1912 and the White Star Line logo, the menu also included corned beef; mashed, fried and baked jacket potatoes; a buffet of fish, ham and beef; an apple meringue pastry; and a selection of eight cheeses.
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Sotheby's London Rock & Pop sale
The contract that launched the most
successful band of all time, binding together the Beatles with manager Brian
Epstein, will be offered for sale at Sotheby's London Rock & Pop sale on
September 29th 2015 (est. £300,000-500,000).
Signed
on 1st October 1962, just days before the release of their first single 'Love
Me Do' propelled the band on the most incredible journey in pop music history,
this is the only management contract signed between the Beatles and Epstein
after the band attained its final line-up of John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul
McCartney, and Ringo Starr.
"Without this contract, and the relationship it represents, it seems inconceivable that the Beatles could have achieved all that they did: it took more than inspired musicianship and song-writing to remake popular music. The presentation, direction, and internal harmony of the Beatles all owed a huge amount to Brian Epstein. He was, as Paul McCartney has acknowledged, the Fifth Beatle." – Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby's Specialist in Books and Manuscripts.
Fascinating insights revealed in the terms of the contract include that Epstein would determine "on all matters concerning clothes, make-up and the presentation" of the Beatles and a clause allowing for band members to be kicked out "should two or more of them desire to remove one or more of the other Artists… with the consent in writing of the Manager".
"Without this contract, and the relationship it represents, it seems inconceivable that the Beatles could have achieved all that they did: it took more than inspired musicianship and song-writing to remake popular music. The presentation, direction, and internal harmony of the Beatles all owed a huge amount to Brian Epstein. He was, as Paul McCartney has acknowledged, the Fifth Beatle." – Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby's Specialist in Books and Manuscripts.
Fascinating insights revealed in the terms of the contract include that Epstein would determine "on all matters concerning clothes, make-up and the presentation" of the Beatles and a clause allowing for band members to be kicked out "should two or more of them desire to remove one or more of the other Artists… with the consent in writing of the Manager".
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Where ae the Dead Sea Scrolls
The
scandal-hit French company Aristophil, which amassed the world’s largest
private collection of manuscripts, has been liquidated and its stock will be
put up for sale. The company’s accounts were frozen in November 2014 by state
prosecutors. A mansion owned by the company in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris,
was sold in July for around €28m, the proceeds of which went to Aristophil’s
bank, Société Générale.
In March, Gérard Lhéritier, Aristophil’s founder, was arrested and placed under investigation, alongside others, and charged with fraud, money laundering, creating false accounts and embezzlement. He was released on bail of €2m. Investors are alleged to have incurred total losses of around €850m.
Aristophil has an inventory of 54 manuscript collections (around 135,000 documents), in which nearly 18,000 investors bought shares. These include fragments from the Dead Sea scrolls, medieval illuminated manuscripts and the Marquis de Sade’s 120 days of Sodom (1785). Conducting a full inventory of the company’s collection is expected to take several years.
In March, Gérard Lhéritier, Aristophil’s founder, was arrested and placed under investigation, alongside others, and charged with fraud, money laundering, creating false accounts and embezzlement. He was released on bail of €2m. Investors are alleged to have incurred total losses of around €850m.
Aristophil has an inventory of 54 manuscript collections (around 135,000 documents), in which nearly 18,000 investors bought shares. These include fragments from the Dead Sea scrolls, medieval illuminated manuscripts and the Marquis de Sade’s 120 days of Sodom (1785). Conducting a full inventory of the company’s collection is expected to take several years.
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