The new editions of Beethoven’s Symphonies with Breitkopf & Härtel began 1994 with the 7th Symphony. The state of the sources for this work necessitated many decisions of considerable import: "This is the first new edition of the 7th Symphony for which all surviving sources have been examined. The examination brought up a number of text-critical problems with respect to divergent readings ...”. (Peter Hauschild)