The 1951 first edition of the
Deutsch catalogue attempted to list all dated works by Schubert in chronological order, assigning them a number from 1 to 965. Undated works were ordered in the range
966–992.
Nos. 993–998 referred to manuscripts that had resurfaced shortly before the catalogue was printed. Later versions of the catalogue adhered to the general principles that Deutsch numbers below 966 referred, in a chronological order, to compositions by Schubert with an established time of composition, and that the range 966–992 was reserved for his compositions with an uncertain date of composition. Thus "
Die Taubenpost", the last Lied Schubert composed, was reassigned from D 957 No. 14 to D 965A, and D 993, an early piano composition, to D 2E. ;Spurious and doubtful works (
Anh. I): Annex I of the first edition of the catalogue contains only a single composition under the header Spurious and doubtful works, but however also points to some compositions with authentication issues elsewhere in the catalogue. The 1978 edition of the catalogue lists 32 spurious and doubtful works in its first Anhang (annex), including some that were for that reason removed from the main catalogue. ;Arrangements by Schubert (
Anh. II): The 1978 version of the catalogue lists 4 arrangements by Schubert in its second Anhang ;Works of others composers copied by Schubert (
Anh. III): Annex II in the first edition of the catalogue contains compositions by other composers copied by Schubert. In the 1978 edition the list was expanded and became Anhang III. ;"Setting" vs. "version" distinction : the New Schubert Edition distinguishes between Bearbeitung (setting) and Fassung (version), the first meaning an independent composition, the second stages of the same composition (modifications of essentially the same composition). Usually different settings have different D numbers, while versions are grouped under the same D number, unless when set for a different (group of) performer(s). The first edition of the Deutsch catalogue was less strict on that point, leading to Deutsch number reassignments in later publications. Example: is described as two settings of the same text in the original catalogue, the second having become "D
deest" by the time it was published in Series IV, Volume 8 of the New Schubert Edition (while the music has no resemblance to the earlier setting). On the other hand, despite a difference in
key and number of movements, the original and were ultimately published under the same D number as two versions of the same sonata.
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