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Thanks for that info, Bowdonian, though next time you might leave out the scare quotes around ‘conspiracy’ – no one in the thread had used that word until you brought it up. ;-) Point taken, Philip! My apologies. The word and quotes were shorthand for the suggestion made on the thread that UE were ...

You're all astray on this one. There is no "conspiracy" by Universal Edition. The work, written between 1902 and 1903 but revised before its 1905 premiere performance, was then withdrawn by the composer - unpublished. It was thought lost until a long time after his death, until finally the...