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A facsimile edition of all of Fryderyk Chopin's music manuscripts Published by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute, |
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The purpose of this edition is to preserve and disseminate the Fryderyk Chopin legacy in Poland and across the world by reproducing and safeguarding the contents of his manuscripts scattered around the world, make the original Chopin texts accessible for research purposes, enable performance practice to approach as near as possible the composer’s intentions, verify knowledge regarding sources, and to disseminate this knowledge via up-to-date commentaries furnished in six languages: Polish, English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. A note about the Chopin sources Scholars have long acknowledged the conundrum of the Chopin sources. Although similar to the problems that plague source studies of other composers, i.e., coming to terms with the varying ways in which a work is drafted, prepared for publication, and subsequently revised for successive impressions, the Chopin sources are somewhat different. For example, inadequate or confusing copyright protection among the main European countries during the 19th century compelled Chopin to employ different publishers in France, Germany and England, resulting in three "first editions" of most of the pieces, each being unique as a result of idiosyncratic editorial methods and subsequent compositional revisions. As the Chopin Variorum Edition under the direction of John Rink has summed it up:
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Works
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1.
Sonata
in B Minor, Op.58 (A IX/58) 2.
Piano
Concerto in F Minor, Op.21 (A XII/21) 3.
Mazurka,
Op.7, No.4 (A IV/7/4a) 4.
Polonaise-Fantasy,
Op.61 5.
Nocturne
in D♭ Major, Op.27, No.2 6.
Mazurkas,
Op.33 7.
Barcarolle
in F♯ Major, Op.60 8.
Fantasy
in F Minor, Op.49 9.
Études,
Op.10 (nos. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 10. Études, Op.25 11. Mazurka, Op.59, No.2 12. Allegro de Concert, Op.46 Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw (2008) 24 + 66 pp. $96 Available Now (more info) n.b. Facsimiles with 2009-2010 imprint were first released 2011 | 14. Impromptu in A♭ Major, Op.29 Autograph fair copy, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (2010) 10 + 56 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 16. Mazurkas, Op.50 Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, NY (2010) 6 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 17. Polonaises, Op.26 Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (2010) 12, 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 18. Nocturne B major, Op.62, no.1 Autograph fair copy, Newberry Library, Chicago (2010) 4 + 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 19. Preludes, Op.28 Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw (2010) 44 + 71 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 20. Ballade in F Minor, Op.52, no.3 Autograph fair copy, Bodleian Library, Oxford (2010) 4 + 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 21. Scherzo in E Major, Op.54 Autograph fair copy, Jagiellonian Library, Krakow (2009) 12 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 22. Mazurka F sharp Minor, Op.59, no.3 Autograph fair copy, British Library, London (2009) 4 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info) 23. Waltz D flat Major, Op.64, no.1 Autograph fair copy, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (2010) 4 + 62 pp. $67 Available Now (more info) xx. Nocturne, Op.48 Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 18 pp. (forthcoming) xx. Polonaise in A♭ Major, Op.53 Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 6 pp. (forthcoming) xx. Sonata in C Minor, op.4 Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. 24 pp. (forthcoming) OMI would be pleased to serve as your subscription agent for this important publication. |