Rogher Hecht writes on the Bruckner 2nd:

>The one item I recall is that the horn line near the end of the slow
>movement was considered treacherous enough at the time to be shifted to
>the clarinet in a revision.

Thank you, but I imagine that happened well after its premier under
Bruckner in 1873, just about one year after it was rejected by the VPO.
And revisions did not go into effect until 1877, if I have all my dates
right.  What are there now anyhow, 3 maybe 4 versions?

Thomas Heilman