Gernsheim Cello Sonatas

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Does anyone - Eric maybe? - know the location of Gernsheim's Cello Sonata No. 3 in E minor? Sonata 2 is Op. 79, and No. 3 seems to have the Op. number of 87.

Presumably an allocation of an Opus implies it was published?

[Gareth Vaughan]

By no means.  Lots and lots of works with opus numbers remain unpublished and in MS - and "publishing" does not necessarily mean "printing" either.
I have only ever seen the score of No. 1, Op. 12, in D minor,  pub. in Mainz by Schott (n.d.).
The scan on IMSLP of the MS of No. 2 (which is in E minor) is given the opus no. 79, though the score clearly has Op. 78. Since this was scanned by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin there is a good chance that they also have the 3rd Cello sonata. Maybe we should ask.

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Thank you, Gareth, for your informative response. I am on the way!