the published result of editorial work on this discovery, which was issued in 1743, and the working manuscript used for this publication Are discussed here.
a thorough comparison between this working manuscript and the early modern editions published since 1743 reveals examples of textual and musical editing by the early modern collators.
our discussion dwells first on pale yellow Willows and is Then followed by an examination of metrical and tonal pattern:
in the desolate City, the Daybreak horn
blows over the street of hanging Willows
On Horseback in thin clothes
sorrowfully cold
Having looked around, the goose Yellow
and Tender Green
are my old acquaintances from south of
the river
I am lonely and
tomorrow is again the cold eating Festival
I fear, the pear Blossom
having fallen completely, all will become
autumn in color
the swallows fly back
Asking Where is Spring?
but there is only the pool’s green