Mystery of Mozart's Skull Nears Solution
Luke Harding
The Guardian
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Berlin (Germany):
The century-old mystery as to whether a skull found in an Austrian basement is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be solved over the weekend when experts reveal the results of DNA tests.
Researchers said yesterday they would broadcast their findings on Sunday as part of a year of celebratory events marking the composer's 250th birthday.The tests were conducted by experts from Innsbruck's institute for forensic medicine, who exhumed the remains of several of Mozart's relatives last year from the family vault in Salzburg.
They included the composer's 16-year-old niece Jeanette and his maternal grandmother. DNA comparisons "succeeded in getting a clear result" on the skull, forensic pathologist Walther Parson told Austrian broadcaster ORF. But he refused to say whether the skull was that of the composer or someone else.
Jan 04, 2006
Luke Harding
The Guardian
__________
Berlin (Germany):
The century-old mystery as to whether a skull found in an Austrian basement is that of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be solved over the weekend when experts reveal the results of DNA tests.
Researchers said yesterday they would broadcast their findings on Sunday as part of a year of celebratory events marking the composer's 250th birthday.The tests were conducted by experts from Innsbruck's institute for forensic medicine, who exhumed the remains of several of Mozart's relatives last year from the family vault in Salzburg.
They included the composer's 16-year-old niece Jeanette and his maternal grandmother. DNA comparisons "succeeded in getting a clear result" on the skull, forensic pathologist Walther Parson told Austrian broadcaster ORF. But he refused to say whether the skull was that of the composer or someone else.
Jan 04, 2006
