EPISODE · Jun 23, 2025 · 1 MIN
That Note from Heaven: The Top C in Allegri’s Miserere
from The Classical Music Minute · host Steven Hobé, Composer & Host
Send us Fan MailDescriptionThat Note from Heaven: The Top C in Allegri’s Miserere in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop!Fun FactThe Vatican once banned copying Miserere, enforcing secrecy to protect its mystique. Young Mozart heard it once in 1770 and wrote it out entirely from memory. This musical jailbreak helped make the soaring top C famous—and added to Mozart’s legend as a prodigious musical genius with a photographic ear.About Steven, HostSteven is a Canadian composer & actor living in Toronto. Through his music, he creates a range of works, with an emphasis on the short-form genre—his muse being to offer the listener both the darker and more satiric shades of human existence. If you're interested, please check out his music website for more. Member of the Canadian League Of Composers.You can FOLLOW ME on Instagram. 👋Please Buy Me A Coffee 🤓☕️Love classical music? There's more to discover.If you enjoyed this episode, you can read the companion article and subscribe on Substack at The Classical Music Minute. And for a brand-new narrated classical music story every day, download the Classical Minute app for iPhone.Until next time, I'm Steven Hobé. Thanks for listening to The Classical Music Minute.
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Send us Fan Mail Description That Note from Heaven: The Top C in Allegri’s Miserere in 60 Seconds. Take a minute to get the scoop! Fun Fact The Vatican once banned copying Miserere, enforcing secrecy to protect its mystique. Young Mozart heard it once in 1770 and wrote it out entirely from memory. This musical jailbreak helped make the soaring top C famous—and added to Mozart’s legend as a prodigious musical genius with a photographic ear. About Steven, Host Steven is a Canadian composer &a...
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