When is a part not a part?

With some uncertainty:

Beethoven: Str4 13 Bb Op130: Original finale Große Fuge later replaced by a daintier allegro.

Mahler: Symphony 1, in its earlier forms (1889, 1893—4) having its Blumine movement.

Milhaud: Str4 14 5 , ad lib performed simultaneously as octet ; all 3 works sharing opus number 291.
(From thread Levels in the structure of works, @derobert looking “for works that are part-of more than one work”.)

Atterberg: Symphony 2 (originally in 2 movements and as such expressly content; later added a finale III. Allegro con fuoco)

Ben Johnston: Sonata for Microtonal Piano / Grindlemusic

This “Janus-faced work” comes from reördering the same 3 of 4 movements:

Piano Sonata:

  1. “sonata-allegro”
  2. “scherzo”
  3. “slow movement”
  4. “finale”

Grindlemusic:

  1. Premises [“finale”]
  2. Questions [“sonata-allegro”]
  3. Soul Music [“slow movement”]
  4. Mood Music [“scherzo”]

In opera also numerous cases of number revision (Fidelio/Leonore), arias and else going in and out of score, sung recitative replacing originally spoken dialogue (Medea, Carmen), notably differing versions (Don Carlos), …

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