Liza, welcome to the group.

Have you checked out RISM? I'll be at a music library next week, and
if you haven't looked at it yet, I can look up Op. 81 and see
what/where the source materials are.

As to the Sachs edition, I presume later editions referred to it, but
I'm not sure. Yes, the Universal is a reprint of the Berio edition,
and I'm almost positive Hummel had nothing to do with the edition.

I myself have an old Kalmus edition that appears to be a reprint of
the old Breitkopf & Hartel, as well as Harold Truscott's edition for
Musica Rara in the mid-70s. The latter has some chromatic alterations
in the slow movement that are not in the B&H, but apart from that,
they are very similar.

-- Andrew

--- In johann_nepomuk_ hummel@yahoogrou ps.com, "lizapianonyc"
<lisa_stepanowa@ ...> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm new to this group, so I'm not sure if a similar question has been
> asked already, sorry...
>
> I'm looking for sources to come as close as possible to an authentic
> text of Hummel's magnificent piano sonata in F-sharp minor op. 81.
>
> The thematic catalogue doesn't list a manuscript. Is it lost? Any
> story behind that?
>
> There is a quasi-facsimile reprint of the first edition done by Joel
> Sachs. Is this the only source that later editions referred to? The
> Dover, for example, is a reprint of a Charles Berio edition (same as
> Universal?), heavily altered with all kinds of written in rubatos,
> and many of the free figurations in the second movement are metered.
> Did Hummel have anything to do with any of these alterations?
>
> I'd be immensely grateful for any hints!!!
>
> Great to see that such a group exists.
>
> Liza