PhD student tackles the enduring mystery of a woman's ghostly compositions

"Ever hear the ghost story about the British woman who claimed she could channel the otherworldly skills of some of classical music's greatest masters? Carleton University PhD student Érico Bomfim has, and found it so intriguing he's devoted years of musicological research to it. Rosemary Brown (1916-2001) was a composer who claimed to also be a spiritual medium. Her particular skill, she claimed, was channeling entirely new works by some of the most important dead composers in western music history.  The list is long and includes J.S. Bach, Beethoven, Grieg, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff ..."__(read more)