Friedemann Sallis is a professor in the Department of Music at the University of Calgary. His publications include A Handbook to Twentieth-Century Musical Sketches (co-edited with Patricia Hall, 2004), Centre and Periphery, Roots and Exile: Interpreting the Music of István Anhalt, György Kurtág and Sándor Veress (co-edited with Robin Elliott and Kenneth DeLong, 2011), and numerous articles on twentieth-century music. He has acquired broad experience within the field of sketch studies, particularly with twentieth-century composers and performers, including György Kurtág, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono and Glenn Gould.

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• Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Sketch studies past and present; 3. Tracking down evidence of the creative process; 4. The physical objects of the compositional process; 5. Studying loose leaves; 6. Sketchbooks; 7. Transcription and facsimile reproduction; 8. Sketches and the critical edition of music; 9. Dangerous liaisons: the evolving relationship between sketch studies and analysis; 10. Musical palimpsests; Appendix: Beethoven sketchbooks published between 1913 and 2013; Glossary.