A previously unknown waltz by Fryderyk Chopin was found in a New York museum. This is the exact transcription of the score, the authenticity of which is confirmed by experts as a manuscript. The piece was performed for TVN24 by Julita Przybylska-Nowak, Ph.D., vice-rector for artistic and scientific affairs at the Academy of Music. Karol Lipiński in Wrocław.
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An unknown work by Fryderyk Chopin was discovered in a New York museum – reported the American newspaper “The New York Times”. According to the article, the find was made by curator of the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan, Robinson McClellan, when he was searching through memorabilia of famous artists, such as postcards signed by Pablo Picasso and letters of Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
“When McClellan came across item No. 147, he froze. It was a worn sheet of music the size of a catalog card with a small note and the name clearly visible,” the newspaper reported. The annotation read “Valse” and at the top there was Chopin's name.
The piece in the key of A minor constitutes a complete whole, although it is shorter than our composer's other waltzes. It lasts about eighty seconds.
The piece was performed for TVN24 by Julita Przybylska-Nowak, Ph.D., vice-rector for artistic and scientific affairs at the Academy of Music. Karol Lipiński in Wrocław.
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