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Manuscripts for twelve violin and guitar sonatas by Paganini have been found in Italy. They were written “with teaching in mind.” They’ll be auctioned in Rome next week. – Sydney Morning Herald

Sixty-four year-old Daniel Hays is a pianist who plays in grocery stores, at parties, wherever. Never had a big career. Now he’s ready to perform with an orchestra, so he put an ad in a Baltimore paper: “SENIOR CITIZEN ready to perform the Rubinstein D-minor Piano Concerto but needs an orchestra. Can you help?” – Baltimore Sun

June made-for-TV $10 million production in Paris will be beamed to 125 countries for 1.5 billion people. – (AP) Cleveland Plain Dealer