Help Solve a Mystery!

[JoshLilly]

I have come across something that perhaps someone here will be able to help with. Specifically, the possibility of the existence of one or more string quartets by Franz von Suppé. It turns out that his only known Symphony is going to be recorded sometime in the next year or so and issued, which is great news. Now, some people who were pursuing this have now turned their attention to a faint hint of something else unknown by Suppé, something that has yet to be discovered in anything other than name.

• As far as can be determined any such string quartets were unpublished
• In New Grove's Suppé entry, it lists "Str. qts"
• 1919 Baker's lists his "String Quartets" and his Symphony (since discovered in manuscript)
• 1880 Fétis even mentions "String Quartets" by Suppé

Anybody in or near Berlin or München that can check the local sites? Unfortunately, the libraries that might contain more information do not have their stuff accessible online. Does anybody know anything about these supposed string quartets of Suppé?

[Brian]

It turns out that his only known Symphony is going to be recorded sometime in the next year or so and issued, which is great news.

That is indeed great news ~ I can't help with your mystery, but were I physically able (as a Texan) I certainly would!

Is there any further information available on said symphony recording?

[JoshLilly]

Unfortunately, I don't have any information on the recording except that it's going to be out in the next couple of years. I said "year or so", but it could be as long as 3, but - luckily! - probably not that long. The bizarre part is that I can't get any more info than this. The contact with the record label is bizarre with his excessive secrecy on these matters, and I don't even know of any good reason for it. You'd think they wouldn't mind the word being spread all over the place with the hopes of increased sales, so I can't figure it out.

Anyway, yeah, I'm looking forward to it! By the way, this Symphony is a full-fledged orchestral symphony, not an opera overture or his Symphonia Festiva for military band.