According to the Mahler historian Donald Mitchell, it was highly likely that important Mahler manuscripts of early symphonic works had been held in Dresden; this archive, if it existed, was almost certainly destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in 1945.
De acordo co historiador de Mahler Donald Mitchell, era moi probable que importantes manuscritos de obras sinfónicas temperás de Mahler se encontraran en Dresde; este arquivo, se existiu, foi case seguro destruído durante o bombardeo de Dresde en 1945.