> many errors have been introduced by publishers Indeed. Much of Beethoven’s correspondence with his publishers has been preserved. Constant kvetching about er

> many errors have been introduced by publishers Indeed. Much of Beethoven’s correspondence with his publishers has been preserved. Constant kvetching about errors. Access to the manuscript is so important. My daughter is a violinist. One of her editions of the 6 Sonatas and Partitas edited by Galamian contains a reproduction of the manuscript. So while he makes editorial choices, there’s immediate access to the original. In some cases I prefer this to the vaunted Urtext editions. Even the manuscripts contain errors though. I’m thinking of Mozart, where little harmonic errors and accidental accidentals (!) crop up with some frequency. “Pop music of the 1300s - 1850’s” - love the terminology!