'Japanese Beethoven' admits he is a fraud

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26039226
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A deaf composer who has been dubbed "Japan's Beethoven" has admitted hiring someone else to write his music for nearly two decades.

Mamoru Samuragochi shot to fame in the mid-1990s and is most famous for his Hiroshima Symphony No 1, dedicated to those killed in the 1945 atomic blast.

The 50-year-old has now confessed he has not composed his own music since 1996.

The real composer of the musician's "hits" has not been formally named.

According to his now defunct website, Samuragochi was taught how to play the piano by his mother when he was four and began playing Beethoven and Bach when he was 10.

[Octafish]

1. Disappointing.

Enterprising, in a capitalistic sort of way, however.

Musically, the ghost could've been a contender.

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2. more info

http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Man-lauded-as-Japan-Beethoven-sorry-for-fake-work-5296133.php
He acknowledged he had worked with his collaborator Takashi Niigaki in secret for 18 years. Niigaki recently told a tabloid magazine he was the ghostwriter behind the works, including the "Hiroshima" symphony.

[malaise]

3. Unbelievable

Is there anything human beings haven't exploited?