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I've been writing a post and, when trying to submit it, got a message saying I didn't have access. Presumably I exceeded the one hour login-in and was timed out. Is what I wrote saved somewhere?

I'm new to this site so am just learning how to use it. I'm reading the book "The German Symphony between Beethoven and Brahms: The Fall and Rise of a Genre" by Christopher Fifield (2015). I came across it having recently discovered the music of Felix Draeseke. I'd never heard of him until early this year - I'm 76 and have been listening to and playing music since I was very young. Having started with his quintet for horn, string trio and piano which I played in (piano) I saw that he had written symphonies and thought they would be worth investigating, which indeed they were. He certainly qualifies for inclusion in your forum, as does Raff, mentioned above. I also "discovered" Franz Schmidt back in the 70s and have yet to notice any of his music programmed into a concert here in Britain! How can we change this?