Annotated Catalogue of Chopin's First Editions

Presents the most ambitious, comprehensive and detailed research ever carried out on the first editions of Chopin's music.

Christophe Grabowski (Author), John Rink (Author)

9780521819176, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 January 2010

994 pages, 222 b/w illus.
28.3 x 22.6 x 6 cm, 3.3 kg

'The Annotated Catalogue of Chopin's First Editions … focuses on 1,552 distinct impressions, of which some 4,830 copies are individually described, with explanatory essays, appendices and facsimiles of more than 200 title pages.' Piano

This Annotated Catalogue presents the most ambitious and comprehensive research ever carried out on the first editions of Chopin's music. It begins with an in-depth introduction to these unique sources and the publishing practices that gave rise to them. A detailed description then follows of each Chopin first edition and the later impressions produced by the original publishers or their successors. The Annotated Catalogue facilitates identification of the Chopin scores held in libraries and private collections around the world by attempting to reconstruct the creative history of each edition. It features entries on 1,552 distinct impressions – of which some 4,830 copies are individually described – along with explanatory essays, appendices and facsimiles of over 200 title pages which illustrate their respective catalogue entries. Musicians and musicologists alike will gain an unprecedented understanding of the creative history of each Chopin edition and the music within it.

Preface
Sigla of publishers
Sigla of libraries and private collections
Chopin's first editions: historical overview
Introduction to the Annotated Catalogue
Annotated Catalogue
Plates
Appendices: I. Orchestral parts
II. Series title pages
III. Advertisements
IV. Index of libraries and private collections
V. Uncatalogued works
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups [AVH], World music [AVGW], Romantic music [c 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5], Music [AV]