Love the verses; and pleased this didn't get me kicked off the site.

About the 10th,Just to say that tho' himself didn't complete it, he did write the essential thread of the work from first bar to last. There have been at least half-a-dozen performing versions [not completions] which give us one symphony.
Even if he didn't finish it, nobody else could have written it, and it's one of the great symphonies, shirley.

My own out-an-out favourite is the 6th. One performance i went to, here in Norwich had me in tears for about 10 minutes after.

Thanks so much for the responses

Ivor