Steve Schwartz wrote:

>...the symphony - a genre many Europeans considered dead by that time
>(note that Bartok never wrote one)

True, but more accurately, did not complete one.  The scherzo from his
early Symphony in Eb survives as do some sketches which have been partially
realised.  As this shows few, if any, signs of the mature composer, it
doesn't detract from the wider point Steve made.

Richard Pennycuick
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