Musical plagiarism - how can it be defined/proved?

[Barbirollians]

I take it you mean Phantom of the Opera.

There used to be a Kit and the Widow sketch about possible “borrowings” by a leading musical theatre composer.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

There used to be a Kit and the Widiw sketch about possible “borrowings” by a leading musical theatre composer.

Is there a comprehensive list anywhere?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Born London, age 59, educated Eton and Oxford, son of Here-Today-Gone-Tomorrow Sir John Nott. Of course, he might be quite intrigued to hear from Eine Alpensinfonie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Nott

and, of course, quite off topic -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln3SpXXYTHY

I decided to bite the bullet, and sent a friendly email to Julian Nott along with a copy of my 1973 version. In return, I received a friendly reply, confirming my theory that pentatonic melodies often sound quite similar to others.

[Serial_Apologist]

I decided to bite the bullet, and sent a friendly email to Julian Nott along with a copy of my 1973 version. In return, I received a friendly reply, confirming my theory that pentatonic melodies often sound quite similar to others.

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