弗雷安魂曲有三个版本【The original, 1888 version with only five movements of the eventual seven and very minimal instrumentation; the more commonly performed 1893 chamber version, scored with only the lower strings (violins reserved for the In Paridisum movement), plus harp, timpani, organ, horns, and trumpets, but without woodwinds; and the 1900 revision for full orchestra.】
相关情节甚至在前几年Sir Ronald Harwood所撰描述福特生平的《Taking Sides》剧本中都有非常生动的体现。比如,福特曾用咆哮体诋毁萨巴塔指挥的勃拉姆斯:“那个犹太人萨巴塔指挥勃拉姆斯简直是厚颜无耻!”(It is a piece of impudence for that Jew de Sabata to conduct Brahms)。正因为有师傅垂范撑腰,切利才那么变本加厉的狂踩萨巴塔(他也许早已忘记了1939年拜鲁伊特音乐节期间他自己是如何彻夜躲在一间厕所里等着偷窥萨巴塔第二天一早排练的情形了)。