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>and heard for the first time a viola sonata by W.  Schuman titled
>"Marchenbilder".

R (for Robert) not W Schumann, A lovely work but not a sonata, the title
translates roughly as 'Pictures from Fairyland' but probably doesn't
sound quite so twee in German.

Paul Silverthorne
www.paulsilverthorne.com