European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday May 25,1987 world today rotheby t s do i i once Roy Davids looks to Little lot 457, a Book containing nine Complete symphonies by Mozart. Mozart manuscript scores record Price $4.34 million London nvt1 a 508-Page manuscript of nine symphonies by Wolfgang amadeus Mozart written inthe composer s own hand has been auctioned Here by rotheby s for $4.34 million. The Sale set a record for a musical manuscript Soldat auction. The buyer an unidentified american subsequently notified the Pic Mont Morgan Library in new York thai the manuscript would be plated on Deposit thereas soon As it arrived in the United Stales. The auction took place with a musical background the opening strains of Mozart s symphony no. 29in a k.2q1regarded As the finest of the works in the manuscript that was auctioned. The symphonies we rewritten in Salzburg in the 1770s, before Mozart s 20th birthday. Bidding was fierce and fast among eight parties inthe roam and four who vied for the work Over Tele phone from Japan the United states and Europe. The purchaser was James Kirkman a London dealer in20th-Cenlury Art who left the room As soon As the Hammer fell and did not identify the individual he was representing. We Are jubilant for Mozart and for the country said Francis s. Mason jr., acting director of the mor Gan. It is wonderful that this Mozart manuscript is coming 10 us. In terms of the Quality and importance we have the finest collection outside  the addition of the nine symphonies nos 22 to 30, to the Morgan s holdings which already include sym phonies 13 and 35, with make the Library the largest repository of Complete Mozart symphonies in the world. Until now the Jagiel Lonion Library in Krakow Poland has Hud the largest number of the composer s symphonies 10 Complete symphonies and two half symphonies. The Morgan s curator of music manuscripts i. Rig Bie Turner said the importance of having these Manu scripts available for examination by scholars musicians and students from around the world cannot be overstated he said the Library would consult with conservators to determine How the bound volume could be exhibited and handled by scholars. Scholars come to try to establish whether inc published editions agree with the text he said. The scores Are written in Brown Ink on paper Mea Suring 61/ by 10 inches. I was expecting a much Large paper Turner said recalling his first View of the manuscript two weeks ago. "1 was amazed at How few corrections there were Page after Page was written without  the owner s intention to Deposit the manuscript at the Morgan was no announced and the leading Mozart scholar at All souls College in Onford or. Alan Tyson was surprised to hear the news i am delighted to think that this will be in a place where people can see these manuscripts and study them Tyson said. In general in the Salzburg period Mowart tended to write pretty Neal scores he added. The scores purchased have not been seen or handle widely by scholars and musicians in this Century. The consignor was described Only As someone who is not British by or. Stephen Roe rotheby s music Manu scripts specialist who added that the manuscripts left Austria in the late 18th or Early 19th centuries. Roe said the Price paid for the Mozart scores is the second highest sum Ever paid at auction for any Manu script exceeded Only by the gospels of Henry the lion which sold for $11,9 million at rotheby s in1983. The previous record for a music manuscript at auction was $548,000 for the first completed working draft of Igor Stravinsky s rite of Spring sold in 1982 at rotheby s. Hermit Charles defended London a comedian Spike Milligan has defended princ Charles against what he called die desperate altruist by the British press to make the Prince appear Odd because of his private visits to re Mote places. London s More sensational tabloid newspapers have printed several stories ridiculing the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth ii for such trips. "1 find this an outrage million said in an ii. Be pendent radio interview. Milligan one of Britain s in jul popular entertainers and a favorite of the Roval map Jill said h e Warpie a letter to Charles heir to the Brit ii throne advising him to ignore the press the papers have kept close tabs on the Prince s re cent trips including Umi week s secret working visit to the scottish Island of Emeray. There Charles spent three Days planting potatoes digging ditches and rounding up sheep with the local residents. The Sun tabloid ran a Story on the scottish visit under the headline a Loon again Hermit Charles plants saudi on Remote  before that Charles went to Italy for a few Days to paint and nearly two months ago he took a trip to the Kalahari desert in Bol Twana with writer philosopher sir Laurens Van Der Post. Milligan wid Charles is unhappy about the newspapers desperate attempt to make him sound  the recent trips Are part of a process of learning Milligan said describing the Prince As civilized Lika ble funny and very very Normal and we would be very Lucky to have him As King the comedian added whaling in Antarctic halted by soviet Fleet Moscow a the soviet Union will cease whaling operations and is now bringing in last whaling flotilla Back to a port in the Ukraine radio Moscow has reported. The radio s Brief evening news dispatch said the Fleet named the soviet Ukraine was bound from the Antarctic to Odessa on the Black sea. Radio Moscow said the soviet decision to cease we Ealing operations was taken following consultations with scientists and nature Conser vation experts soviet whaling operations have Long come under criticism from conservation and Environ ments groups in inc West radio Moscow said the flagship of the whal ing flotilla would be convened into a fishing vessel. Soviet cosmonaut Given private meeting with Pope Vatican City a Pope John Paul ii has received in audience a soviet cosmonaut who also serves As director of the Institute of aerospace physics which is connected with in soviet Academy of sciences. The audience at the papal Library for Reorg Grechko was private. Grechko was last in space during a september1985 Mission to the salyut-7 station. He and two other cosmonaut flew to the space station aboard Lite soyuz t-14 Craft and spent nine Day working with two other cosmonauts who had been at the space station since june. Rechio returned to Earth on sept. 26 aboard inc soyuz to 4 capsule. Man sentenced to prison for kissing teen age girl m es51na, Sicily a a court has found Aman guilty of performing lewd acts by kissing a Ivy car old girl when they were alone in the Kitchen and sentenced him to 214 years in Pris on the news Agency ans a reported. The report identified the Man As Biagio Venu to 50, and said the incident occurred in Romet la a Village 25 Miles from this port City Venuto regularly visited the i Unity to have Coffee and Chat and on one occasion when the parents were elsewhere in the Home he grabbed the girl and kissed her against her will the Agency  screamed her parents came running the la ther and Vinuto got Anlo a Fis Leighl and the family lodged a complaint with police the report said remains of . Soldier discovered in South Korea Seoul South Korea a the remains of a . Soldier thought to have died during the korean War have been recovered in a provincial City local Media have reported. The remains were found at Schinju 175 mite Southeast of Seoul while workers were moving Graves at a cemetery according to Yon Hap the South korean Newt Agency. Also recovered were personal belongings of the dead american Soldier including an identity tag bearing the name Jack  officials in Schinju have informed is. Rimli Lary officials in Seoul of he discovery it said. Argentine Senate revises pro divorce amendment Buenos Aires Argentina a a Bill legalizing divorce in Argentina has been sent Back to the lower House after the Senate made several last minute modifications. The Senate had approved the pro divorce measure on first Reading two weeks ago. Out during final debate the chamber added Amend mutts to the original Bill passed Lail summer by the House of  Bill would allow divorced people to re marry a move strongly opposed by the roman Catholic Church. Under uie revised Senate ver Sion males would have to be 18 years old before being allowed to marry and females would have to be 16 years old adding two Yean to the cur rent minimum sees