Schumann: Original Finale Movement of Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 14 (First Edition)
Catalog Number: Score I
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Since unveiling the Schumann Fourth Sonata fragment on www.frederickmoyer.com in July of 2009, Dr. Paul Green, Jr. and Frederick Moyer have deciphered another Schumann manuscript: an early version of the Finale movement to his Third Sonata.

This Score is now available for purchase for the first time here.

BACKGROUND:
During his research on the Fourth Sonata, Paul had acquired from from the British Museum a copy of Schumann’s manuscript of the Third Sonata. This was the final version, the manuscript that Schumann sent to the publisher. Paul and Fred were intrigued to see that the last movement begins with a single page of an alternate version that is then crossed out, and followed by the final version, the version that was of course published. (More...)