John Dalmas ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>John Proffitt reported:
>
>>. . . the first version of the Third does survive in Bruckner's own
>>manuscript. ...
>
>Thanks, John, for reporting that the first manuscript of the Third is
>indeed extant.  This is (to me) exciting news.

Presumably this is Wagner's 'dedication copy'?

>Has anyone identified the Wagner quotations and where in the symphony
>they occur? It was reported earlier on this thread that the final movement
>of the symphony in this manuscript was in sketch form only.

When Bruckner visited Wagner. I never suggested that he didn't
complete the finale.

Deryk Barker
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