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A fact from Symphonic Prelude (Bruckner) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 January 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
The Symphonisches Präludium of 1876 is a somewhat mysterious work, the authenticity of which is still controversial. It has not been put in the Gesamtausgabe because Nowak also doubted about its authenticity. The work has been attributed to Mahler, Rudolf Krzyzanowski, or other Bruckner's pupils. Based on the original orchestral score, retrieved by Heinrich Tschuppik, it seems likely that the work was at least sketched by Bruckner, possibly as an exercise in orchestration for his pupil Krzyzanowski. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 16:19, 9 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The statement that 'Since the particello was the only source he knew, Banks asked Albrecht Gürsching to complement the instrumentation', and the same assertion earlier in the article, are not supported by any source references in the Wikipedia text, and are directly contradicted by Jörg Morgener's Preface to the Sikorski edition, pp. 4 & 5 [1], which states 'The task of deciphering the somewhat tattered sketch and reorchestrating the Prelude was undertaken (at the request of Peter Ruzicka, Intendant of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), by Albrecht Gürsching.'
--Glyndyfrdwy (talk) 08:56, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The statement is in accordance with the content of the critical analysis by scholar Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs:[1] "Banks didn't even know anything about the first performance in 1949 (and certainly not about the existence of the full material in the Archive of the Munich Philharmonic!). So he assumed the Particello to be the only source for the piece and finally followed the suggestion of Mrs. Staub-Schlaepfer, arguing that the piece could be indeed one of the numerous lost works which Gustav Mahler had composed during his time at the Vienna Conservatory. Hence, a lost piece by Gustav Mahler was re-discovered, and since the Particello was the only known source, Berlin composer Albrecht Guersching was asked to make the movement performable and complement the instrumentation."
Since Cohrs' analysis does not clearly state who asked for the instrumentation, I have replaced Since the particello was the only source he knew, Albrecht Gürsching was asked to complement the instrumentation by Since the Particello was the only known source, Berlin composer Albrecht Gürsching was asked to complement the instrumentation. --Réginald alias Meneerke bloem (To reply) 12:26, 8 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
