A new video segment will air over this weekend on New Jersey
Television regarding the exciting and ongoing investigation by the
musicologist, Prof. W. Anthony Sheppard, of a music box discovered
in the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection at the Morris Museum --
a music box that may have inspired the work of Giacomo Puccini,
most particularly for "Madama Butterfly."

The channels and airtimes for this "State of the Arts" segment may
be found on http://www.njtvonline.org/  however it is accessible now
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gou5SF1NBs8  YouTube also contains
a link to the recent New York Times article that first announced
this discovery.

With thanks and best regards,

Steve Ryder

 [ New York Times "Music Box as Muse to Puccini's 'Butterfly'" at
 [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/arts/music/puccini-opera-echoes-a-music-box-at-the-morris-museum.html 
 [ -- Robbie