[Ornaments for the Nocturnes, op. 9, no. 1, and op. 9, no. 2]

Contributor:

Czartoryska, Marcelina, księżna, 1817-1894 (dedicatee)

Name:

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849; Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1845

Description:

A single leaf of paper lined with 12 staves on which Chopin wrote in pencil 4 substitute ornaments for his student, the writer WIlhelm von Lenz. Three of the substitute ornaments are for the Nocturne, op. 9 no. 2 and one is for the Nocturne, op. 9, no. 1 (measure 45). The manuscript is signed and dated by Lenz "Paris 45." It also contains a dedication to the Princess Czartoryska dated "St. Petersburg 1850," possibly also in Lenz's hand.

Language:

No linguistic content; Not applicable

Provenance:

Lenz, Wilhelm von, 1808-1883, former owner.

Relation:

The Savoy Company's Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366184

Subject:

Piano music; Music -- Manuscripts

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, French; scores (documents for music); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 manuscript score (1 unnumbered leaf); 35 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Savoy Company's Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund.; Related Work: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 9. No. 1; Related Work: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Nocturnes, piano, op. 9. No. 2

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss (Large) Box 1 Folder 22

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts (Large); Savoy Company's Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund