Following the musical's success, the Puccini estate filed suit against Lloyd Webber, accusing him of plagiarism, and the suit was settled out of court.Ī lot of music sure does sound very similar, and for me, the real question is what to make of it. "Quello che taceta," bears a strong resemblance to a similar phrase in the Phantom's song, "Music of the Night," in Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. Quote from wikipedia (also easily found on various news websites): I've seen a couple cases of this happening in the media in recent years.
Consciously you feel as though your work is completely original, but in reality you remembered that other song in the back of your mind without realizing it. Then, 20 years later, you start writing a new song, and you end up basically writing the melody from that other song note for note. Say you heard a piece of music when you were 10 years old, really enjoyed it but hadn't heard it since. Then there is also the case of subconscious plagiarism, where you plagiarize without realizing it. I like to believe that those are in the vast minority though. However there are always the few nefarious cases where someone will blatantly copy the works of someone else. I think that in most cases it is not intentional, it's just coincidence.two people both independently come to a good, yet similar, melody and stick with it. Honestly I'm surprised that there isn't more than we see. If you look at the sheer quantity of music out there, it's pretty obvious that you're going to have some overlap.
I think sometimes a composer is 'inspired' by other pieces, but the imitation is so close that it is, to put it bluntly, a rip-off.That is exactly what I was about to say. The opening of the allegro of the first movement of Schubert's 9th, for example, is deliberately copied from Notte E Giorno Faticar from Don Giovanni (the first scene where the singing starts). Sometimes, however, works can be directly inspired by other pieces, to the extent that the composer has deliberately copied and altered the original, and you would never be able to tell in a million years. As much as I like Star Wars and John Williams, it is practically lifted from The Planets into a galaxy far far away.Īs for Andrew Lloyd-Webber, my tutor said of his Requiem that he knew three composers who had written it. Someone as familiar with Star Wars as I am will only be able to listen to Mars with something of a smile. I think sometimes a composer is 'inspired' by other pieces, but the imitation is so close that it is, to put it bluntly, a rip-off. I suspect some are plagiarism, some coincidence I doubt the Star Trek theme tune is a deliberate rip-off for example. What say you? (That was my Viggo Mortensen/Aragorn imitation)Īnyway, there is only so many note combinations and rhythms out there, so some things are bound to sound alike, especially when a melody is based on a triad like one of the ones you mention. How many other are floating around out there? Why does it happen? I'm pretty sure Shostakovich never heard How dry I am. The main theme opens like "How Dry I Am" but in a minor key. Even Shostakovich does it in the finale to the 5tyh synphony.
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While on the subject of Lloyd-Webber, "I don't know how to love him" sounds suspiciously like the second movement from the Mendlessohn violin concerto while "The Music of the Night" starts out like "Come to me, bend to me" from "Brigadoon". Thene there is the falling triad that opens "The Star Spangled Banner", "Dixie" and "Jesus Christ Superstar". In Huindemiths "Mathis der Mahler" synphony, there is what sounds for all the world like the Star Trek trumpet theme. They played a piece by Grieg that I was not familiar with but the melody was a dead ringer for "Yankee doodle" The piece was called "in Autumn" I think. Have you ever noticed how alot of music sounds alike? (That was my Andy Rooney imitation, for those who know the reference) I was listening tyo the radio a while back.
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