Discovered posthumously in his New York examine, the work is now a part of the V&A Museum archive.
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A beforehand unreleased musical mission by David Bowie has been revealed for the primary time, after being discovered locked in his non-public examine in New York following his loss of life in 2016.
Titled ‘The Spectator’, the work is described as an 18th-century musical set in London. Notes point out Bowie’s deal with the “manners and fads” of the interval, drawing from his long-standing curiosity in crime and punishment.
The mission remained unknown even to shut collaborators. According to BBC News, it was found alongside tales involving legal gangs and a personality named ‘Honest’ Jack Sheppard. All supplies have now been donated to the V&A Museum as half of a bigger archive of Bowie’s writings and belongings.
The mission was pieced collectively from handwritten notes on post-its pinned to a wall inside a examine accessible solely to Bowie and his assistant. Visitors will be capable of view these notes and the unique desk the place he labored on them on the V&A East Storehouse in Hackney Wick from September thirteenth, 2025.
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