Jon Johanning wrote concerning Schubert:

>He was working on a 10th.  The performing version I have heard sounds
>rather mundane, after the preceding 9, but after all this was just a
>sketch, and he probably would have done a lot more with it.  On the other
>hand, could it be that his fount of inspiration was finally starting to
>dry up?

Generally agreed, but the slow movement is on an altogether higher plane
and presages Mahler, although I don't know how much of a hand AN Other may
have had in it.  I urge anyone unfamiliar with the 10th to try it, if only
for that movement.

Richard Pennycuick
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