In 1964, a supernatural incident occurred in the life of Rosemary Brown, a simple housewife living in England.
One day she sat down to play the piano. During the game, the woman suddenly began to feel that something was wrong with her fingers - they seemed to be numb. And at the same time, a vision opened up to her, during which a man appeared before her, in whose guise she recognized the great Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt. The ghost demanded that Rosemary take music paper and write down a piece of music under his dictation.
After this incident, visions began to occur more and more often. In addition to Liszt, such composers as Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Bach and many others came to see the woman. At the same time, everyone dictated their music to her, which, despite her rather modest knowledge of musical literacy, she quickly and accurately recorded it.
Rosemary had no explanation why the ghosts of famous musicians began to appear to her.
For a long time, Brown did not dare to tell anyone about her inexplicable visions. Only two years later, for the first time, she played one of the musical works she had recorded at a meeting of a spiritualist circle and told who really was its author. The woman had a reputation for being honest and sincere, so many people believed her.
In a short time, the mysterious origins of the musical pieces presented by Rosemary Brown became known to the general public. Some musicians, after analyzing them, agreed that music really has a certain resemblance to the masterpieces of virtuosos. According to the English composer Richard Bennett, only a person who has studied music for many years can imitate the works of such composers. Other musicians agreed with his opinion, confirming that the manner of writing a particular composition fits the style of the respective composer.
Naturally, there were also skeptics who openly accused Brown of charlatanism. Firstly, the music presented by her is too simple, both for the greatest composers (the opinions of both Brown's opponents and her supporters agree on this), and secondly, in several compositions gross errors were found, consisting in combining the style of one composer with the style of another …