Since no manuscript survives, sources consider it likely that Sibelius destroyed most traces of the score, probably in 1945, during which year he certainly consigned a great many papers to the flames.
Da intet manuskript har overlevet, anser kilder det sandsynligt, at Sibelius ødelagde de fleste spor af udkastet, sandsynligvis i 1945, i hvilket år han helt sikkert overlod mange papirer til flammerne.