An unknown Chopin waltz was found in New York

in New York a previously unknown waltz composition has been found in the collections of the Morgan Museum Frédéric Chopinilt (1810–1849). Tells about it The New York Times newspaper.

The short waltz is unsigned, although Chopin’s name is written at the top of the manuscript. According to experts, the manuscript is most likely written by Chopin, judging by, for example, the music handwriting and other details that have been compared to Chopin’s known manuscripts. Instead, according to handwriting experts, the Chopin name of the note found now is written by someone else.

Roll is derived from A. Sherrill Whiton Jr:n from the collection. Whiton was the director of the New York School of Interior Design and an amateur pianist and composer. After Whiton’s death in 1972, his widow had sold the collection Arthur Satzillewho in turn bequeathed it to the Morgan Museum.

The collection came to the museum already in 2019, but it was not cataloged until five years later. Curator in spring 2024 Robinson McClellan discovered the waltz while cataloging the collection.

The short composition is written on a small sheet of music paper. Chopin is known to have copied his compositions as gifts for admirers he met at salon concerts, and this manuscript may have been written in a similar situation, writes The New York Times.