They say that those who found out musical tunes were once honoured in their generation. But per­haps that’s apocryphal. At any rate these dis­coveries by Rudolph Réti are, sadly, posthumous; they are now first published twenty years after he wrote them, and ten after his death.
   Their carefully-worded title covers some 80 pages analysing the Pathétique, 40 on the Appassionata, 20 on the Kreutzer; five other favourites also ran. Réti’s commentary on all these sonatas is very strong at developing (not to mention recapitulating) his special subject; but exposition is decidedly not his gift. However, the main theme is stated clearly enough, with the help of musical examples. Ex. 30, from the opening of the Pathétique, explains more