More than 175 years after his death, Frédéric Chopin continues to make people dance: a previously unpublished waltz by the Polish composer was discovered in a vault at the Morgan Library Museum in New York, which was reported in the New York Times.
Chopin’s score, which included the words “Waltz” in French in the text at the head, was found on file by the curator of the establishment in the spring of 2024, the day reported.
“I said to myself: ‘What’s going on here? What could it be?'”, curator Robinson McClellan told the New York Times, adding that he “didn’t recognize music.” He said he wasn’t sure at first if the waltz was composed by Frédéric Chopin after he photographed the score and played it at home on a piano.
Just a waltz
But Robinson McClellan was later determined by an expert on the composer at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Morgan Library finally determined that the waltz was genuine after examining the ink and paper.
The calligraphy also corresponded to Frédéric Chopin, including a bass clef as well as the characteristic writings of the Polish genius who died in France in 1849. “We are sure of our conclusions,” said Robinson McClellan to the New York Times.
According to the Morgan Library, the score was written between 1830 and 1835, when Frédéric Chopin was entering his twenties. The piece has a strong opening and famous Chinese pianist Lang Lang described it as having “a wonderful darkness that transforms into something positive”.
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2024-10-29 08:27:00
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