Music written by Heinz Moehn (1902-1992), a German composer and leading editor of musical scores by Mozart and other towering figures in classical music, had been believed lost.
Saskatoon musicians were astonished to discover the German composer's papers were right here in the city stored by his grandson in a plastic bag in his basement, alongside his vinyl record collection.
For 30 years, Johannes Dyring, grandson of the German musician and editor, preserved Moehn's archive hoping that one day his grandfather's concerto, chamber music and choral works would again be performed.
But it was in Saskatoon where Dyring moved to in 2015 from Sweden to take up a post at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) that the right synergy existed between musicians and music scholars to resurrect his grandfather's work.
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