{"id":13061,"date":"2024-10-29T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2024-10-30T20:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:14:33","slug":"new-piano-piece-by-chopin-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/new-piano-piece-by-chopin-discovered-13061\/","title":{"rendered":"New Piano Piece by Chopin Discovered – Free Piano Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

A previously unknown manuscript by Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin<\/a> has been discovered at New York\u2019s Morgan Library and Museum. The handwritten score is titled \u201cValse\u201d and consists of 24 bars of music in the key of A minor and is considered a major discovery in the world of classical piano music. A free score is now published by Piano Street.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The index card-sized manuscript was found last spring by conservator Dr. Robinson McClellan during a routine inspection of a collection of cultural memorabilia (“Arthur Satz Collection”), also including letters from Brahms<\/a> and Tchaikovsky<\/a> as well as postcards signed by Picasso.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wondered: What\u2019s going on here? What could this be?\u201d McClellan explained, adding that he did not recognise the music as any of the known waltzes by Chopin. Being unsure of the work’s authenticity, he took a photo of the score and played it on his piano at home. <\/p>\n

He sent a photograph to Jeffrey Kallberg, a leading Chopin scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, and after consulting external experts as well as the Morgan’s paper conservators, who have been analyzing the manuscript\u2019s paper and ink as well as the handwriting and musical style, The Morgan Library concluded that the work is indeed authentic, and hence, this is a significant discovery in the world of classical piano music.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have total confidence in our conclusion,\u201d McClellan said. \u201cNow it\u2019s time to put it out there for the world to take a look and form its own opinions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis newly discovered waltz expands our understanding of Chopin as a composer and opens new questions for scholars to consider regarding when he wrote it and for whom it was intended,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The discovery of an unknown work by Chopin has not happened since the late 1930s. <\/p>\n

“This is certainly one of the more interesting discoveries of recent years. Original Chopin manuscripts are extremely rare, and the mere suggestion that we may be dealing with previously unknown music by the Polish composer electrifies pianists and musicologists,” said Dr Artur Szklener, Director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.<\/p>\n

Recorded by Lang Lang<\/h2>\n

Here you can listen to Lang Lang’s interpretation of the piece, recently recorded for the New York Times:<\/p>\n