A new piece of music believed to be penned by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered in the vault of a New York museum nearly 200 years after it was first written.
McClellan told the BBC he was initially unsure if the piece was actually Chopin’s after photographing the score and playing it himself on his keyboard at home.
It’s beautiful.”“This is not the most complicated music by Chopin but it is one of the most authentic Chopin styles that you can imagine,” Lang Lang told the newspaper.
Chopin, who wrote mostly piano solos, was born to a French father and Polish mother near Warsaw in 1810.
According to the New York Times, experts say Chopin is believed to have written around 28 waltzes before he died aged 39 in France in 1849.
Persons:
Frédéric Chopin, Robinson McClellan, McClellan, Chopin, ” McClellan, “, ” Lang Lang
Organizations:
Morgan Library, New York Times, BBC, University of Pennsylvania, Morgan Library and Museum, Xinhua, Agency, Getty
Locations:
New York, New York City, French, Polish, Warsaw, France