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Beethoven\u2019s symphonies are by Beethoven<\/a><\/strong>. Mozart’s piano concertos are by Mozart<\/a><\/strong>, Shostakovich’s string quartets are by Shostakovich<\/a><\/strong>, and Verdi\u2019s operas are by Verdi<\/a><\/strong>. By and large, we can be fairly confident that when we think a much-loved work is by a certain composer, the likelihood is that it is so. However, not everything is always quite as it seems \u2013 some pieces simply aren\u2019t by the composer whose name they traditionally carry. Haydn\u2019s Serenade for string quartet, for instance, is not by Haydn<\/a><\/strong>, and Albinoni\u2019s Adagio<\/em> is not by Albinoni<\/a><\/strong>. In one way or another, they have been attributed to the wrong composer.<\/p>