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Re: Mahler manuscript!

195.93.48.7

That's pretty amazing. Right after Rattle's inaugural concert with the BPO, in which he used an extensively revised version of M5, I asked how well we can really trust our musical scores. How much errosion takes place over time? I think this discovery highlights the point. How can we ever be totally sure which version of M1 is correct?

Having said all of that, Mahler himself was all in favour of conuctors messing with his orchestration, provided they had legitimate reasons for doing so. So long as his music sounded good and communicated his ideas, he was pretty happy.


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