Reply #2: Hmmmmm . . . [View All]

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Beethoven discarded much of his music (Woo) deciding, for whatever reason, they were not worthy of publication. I'm not saying we should ignore those pieces but, in this case, he himself FINISHED the String Quartet so why would one want to resurrect an incomplete, discarded version of one movement? If it was a complete movement, that's one thing, but there were remnants only which means Professor Cooper had to make a considerable number of educated guesses in the process of completing it. In the end, Beethoven said it himself, ". . . there is only ONE Beethoven." And yes, I AM a purist, thank you! :P ;)