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Homes that strike a chord: Mozart to Lady Gaga

For paparazzos, making a quick buck is as simple as lurking around a celebrity's home (if they can find it). Why, might you ask? That would be because our culture is obsessed with the extravagant pads of Hollywood's elite.The gargantuan homes of today's stars are plastered across the Internet and on tabloids. This prompted the Movoto Real Estate bloggers to put our own spin on covering these posh properties.We wondered how the often grossly oversized and overpriced abodes might compare to celebrities of times past. Musicians, in particular. By this we mean any popular musical individual -- whether composer, singer, or band mate -- from about the 18th century onward whose work remains popular.Pimped-Out Pads for the WinWhile researching the abodes of 10 musicians, we came across some surprising discoveries about the size of their homes.Here are the highlights of what we found:At 10,763 square feet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's apartment was so large it could fit three of Louis Armstrong's ...

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  1. Two New Mozart Pieces Discovered

    The International Mozarteum Foundation said Thursday it has discovered two more works composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart .The previously unknown works are piano pie...

  2. Mozart , Mozart Everywhere 250 Years After Composer's Birth

    One Salzburg hotel piped Beethoven through its intercom, but it was mostly Mozart in his cobblestoned hometown and cities around the world on Friday, the 250th anniv...

  3. Polish orchestra plays Mozart's funeral Requiem to protest budget cuts

    A Polish opera house has performed Mozart's Requiem — a funeral piece — in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw to protest cuts to its budget.The Chamber Opera's ...

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    In tiny Austria, where souvenir shops do brisk business in T-shirts bearing the crossed-out image of a kangaroo, some hope skydiver Felix Baumgartner's record-breaki...

  5. Mozart Motivates Sewage Microbes, Engineer Says

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  6. German Minister Combats Road Rage With Mozart

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  7. Renowned German baritone Fischer-Dieskau dead at 86, 'shaped the culture of singing'

    Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned German baritone who performed for more than five decades on stages in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York, died Friday. He was...

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