A Descriptive Catalogue of Early Editions of the Works of Frederic Chopin in the University of Chicago Library

The Chopin Early Editions digital collection is available at chopin.lib.uchicago.edu

This catalogue of works provides detailed descriptions of over 400 first and early editions of musical compositions by Chopin--information vitally important to scholars and biographers, given that Chopin's works were often published concurrently in several countries with variant texts. Each description includes a wealth of data, including title-page transcriptions, details of printing and publishing histories, and notes on the individual copy. Appendices provide comparisons of variant works and collect chronologies, plate numbers, and data on publishers.

This second edition of the catalogue expands significantly on the first, adding descriptions of approximately 130 additional scores and several new features, including descriptions of title-page stamps and an index presenting a consolidated quick-reference view of the collection. This trove of information forms an ideal accompaniment to the University of Chicago Library's digital collection, Chopin Early Editions--which, at present, already contains digitized images of one-third of the collected scores, with data searchable by title, genre, plate number, publisher, or place of publication.