The manuscript was only known from a brief description in a catalogue in 1890 and it has never before been seen or described by Beethoven scholars.

In all the Beethoven literature, it's described as lost. There are lots of alterations, changes, revisions that no one has ever seen.

It's so touching. It means he played it.

A lot of us weren't ready for it. I'm thankful that we have a guy like Joe that will come out and push us to do it, not just someone who tells us to do it and walks away. He pushes you to work, and that's what everybody needs.