Unknown Letters from Fryderyk Chopin to Julian Fontana Are Not Autographs Cover Image

Rzekomo nieznane rękopisy listów Chopina do Fontany nie są autografami
Unknown Letters from Fryderyk Chopin to Julian Fontana Are Not Autographs

Author(s): Hanna Wróblewska-Straus, Zbigniew Skowron
Subject(s): Music, Archiving, 19th Century
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: manuscripts of Fryderyk Chopin's letters; Julian Fontana; Maurycy Karasowski; Henryk Opieński; Ludwik Bronarski; Archivum Helveto-Polonicum; Fribourg;

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the issue of authenticity of the recently discovered manuscripts of two letters from Fryderyk Chopin to Julian Fontana, held in the collections of the Archivum Helveto-Polonicum Foundation in Fribourg. Comparative analysis of two manuscripts leads to the conclusion that, written by an unknown hand, they are only copies of previously published Chopin letters.

  • Issue Year: 71/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 143-165
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish
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