Schubert: Symphony in E, D 729 (completed by John Francis Barnett)
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- Composers: John Francis Barnett, Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
- Editor: Joseph Kanz
- Format: Full Score
- Instrumentation: Orchestra
- Work: Schubert: Symphony in E Major, D 729
- Size: 8.3 x 11.5 inches
- Pages: 224
Description
The fate of this symphony, composed in 1821, could yield the stuff of a novel. The fascinating score, a complete sketch (1304 bars on 84 folios) but unfortunately only fragmentarily completed, was donated to Felix in 1846 by Schubert's brother Ferdinand. After Mendelssohn's untimely death in 1847 his brother Paul donated the score in 1861 to the English musicologist Sir George Grove. After Sir Arthur Sullivan had abandoned the task of completion, Grove then made the score available to John Francis Barnett, who finally succeeded in producing a complete version suitable for performance in 1883.