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Subject: Re: More on Shaffer vs. Pushkin
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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 10:07:00 EDT
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On my way to a MS degree in Russian, I took a course on Pushkin.  We
discussed the play "Mozart and Salieri" and its origins in that class.
It seems that the theme of the play is semi-legendary.  That is to say,
the idea that Salieri murdered Mozart out of professional jealousy
was part of the background gossip of the early 19th century.

I can't give you a reference for that, but I do remember the professor
saying it.  I don't think you could accuse "Amadeus" of being 
plagarized any more than you can accuse Pushkin of plagarizing
"Don Juan" in his version "The Stone Guest".  (Puskin only wrote 4
plays in all.  The other two: "Boris Gudonov" (Source of the Opera)
and "A Feast in Time of Plague" (a very odd little play)).
		
			-- Judy Grass
			   University of Illinois-- Urbana