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TIL that Miserere Mei, Deus, a piece of choral music, was a closely guarded secret by the Catholic Church until Mozart went to see it and copied it down off of memory. Instead of being excommunicated like he should have been, Mozart received the Order of the Golden Spur, and it was published.

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