Chopin Studies
Between 1985 and 2000 the Chopin Society published seven volumes of Chopin Studies. They were the English-language equivalent of the Rocznik Chopinowski [Chopin yearbook] and appeared in: vol. 1 (1985), vol. 2 (1987), vol. 3 (1990), vol. 4 (1994), vol. 5 (1995), vol. 6 (1999), vol. 7 (2000).
Table of contents in all volumes of Chopin Studies (only in English)
| Chopin Studies 1 (1985) | |
| List of Illustrations | |
| From the Editors | |
| Ewa K. Kossak | The Correspondence of George Sand Edited by Georges Lubin |
| Hanna Wróblewska-Straus | Jane Wilhelmina Stirling's Letters to Ludwika Jędrzejewicz Preface The Letters, Annotations Bibliography Subject Index Index of Chopin's Works Index of Names and Works Index of Places |
| Lucjan Fajer | Chopin's Letters Allegedly Written to Potocka: Statement by Expert |
| Zbigniew Czeczot Andrzej Zacharias |
Comparative Graphic Expert Examination of Four Specimens of Letters Allegedly Written by Frederick Chopin |
| Ryszard Soszalski Władysław Wójcik |
Examination No. ZKE-P-2871/74 of Frederick Chopin's Letters to Delfina Potocka |
| (J.S.) | From the Editor |
| Wojciech Nowik | "Delfina Dispute" in Recent Years |
| Kornel Michałowski | Bibliography 1970-1983 General Index |
| Gastone Belotti | Krystyna Kobylańska - Manuscripts of Chopin's Works. Cataloque. Kraków 1977 |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Martha Argerich on "Deutsche Grammophon" Records |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | "Haec Tria: Modus, Species et Ordo" |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Chopin Recordings (EMI) by Samson François |
| Alicja Matracka-Kościelny | Krystian Zimerman on "Deutsche Grammophon" Records |
| Jan Weber | Chopin Recital on "Eurodisc" |
| Jan Weber | Géza Anda Playing Chopin ("Eurodisc") |
| Jan Weber | Maurizio Pollini on "Deutsche Grammophon" Records |
| Wojciech Nowik | Alexis Weissenberg Playing Chopin on EMI Records |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Ashkhenazy Still the Same |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | The Broadwood no. 17047 |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | The Discreet Scent of Fermentation |
| Jan Weber | Old Records in the New Albums |
| Jan Weber | Lazar Berman Plays Six Polonaises of Chopin |
| Jan Weber | Recital of Diana Kasco |
| Jan Weber | Posthumous Re-issue of the Records Played by Géza Anda |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Cziffra; Technique or Interpretation? |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Argerich and Rostropovich: Belief in the Power of Dialectic |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Synthesis of Romantic Poetics |
| Władysław Malinowski | Burnt-offering for the Sake of Classicism |
| Władysław Malinowski | Towards "Minimal Music" |
| Wojciech Nowik | Chopin Recordings by Witold Małcużyński on "Trianon" Records |
| Wojciech Nowik | Two Chopin's Sonatas Interpreted by Argerich |
| *** | Contributors to this issue |
| *** | Rocznik Chopinowski vol. 1-16. Contents |
| Chopin Studies 2 (1987) | |
| Zofia Chechlińska | The National Edition of Chopin's Works |
| Wojciech Nowik | Chopin's Constructivism in the Manuscripts of the Nocturne in C minor (without opus number) |
| Wojciech Nowik | Pierścień (The Ring) - a Flawed Gem in Chopin's Lyrical Music |
| Andrzej Chodkowski | Notes on Chopin's Piano Trio |
| Alicja Matracka-Kościelny | The Relationship between Words and Music in Chopin's Songs |
| Grażyna Michniewicz | The Origins and Activities of the Frederick Chopin Institute 1934-1939 |
| Kornel Michałowski | Chopin Bibliography 1984 |
| Zofia Chechlińska | James Methuen-Campbell Chopin Playing. From the Composer to the Present Day. London 1981 |
| Wojciech Nowik | Adam Zamoyski Chopin. A Biography. London 1979 |
| Władysław Malinowski | Portrait of a Professor |
| Wojciech Nowik | The Complete Works of Chopin on Records from Polskie Nagrania |
| Wojciech Nowik | From the Record Chronicle of the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition |
| Władysław Malinowski | Rubinstein Cannot Be Overrated |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | The Young Ashkenazy |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Pollini's Candour |
| Elżbieta Szczepańska-Malinowska | Fashionable Chopin |
| Władysław Malinowski | Retaliation |
| Wojciech Nowik | The Makings of a Great Pianist |
| Wojciech Nowik | Text and Interpretation |
| Teresa Lewandowska | The Chopin Chronicle 1969-1983 |
| *** | Contributors to this issue |
| *** | Chopin Studies 1. Contents |
| *** | Rocznik Chopinowski vol. 17. Contents |
| Chopin Studies 3 (1990) | |
| List of Illustrations | |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Foreword The International Musicological Symposium "Chopin and Romanticism". Warsaw, 17-23 October 1986. Programme |
| Vladimir Protopopov | A New Treatment of Classical Music Forms in Chopin's Compositions |
| Stefan Kieniewicz | Chopin et son époque |
| Maria Janion, Maria Żmigrodzka |
Frédérick Chopin parmi les héros de l'existence du romantisme polonais |
| Władysław Stróżewski | Chopin and Norwid Introduction The Concept of the Cycle The Concept of "Path" The Concept of the "Universe" The Concept of Essentiality The Concept of Individuality Conclusion |
| Bohdan Pociej | Chopin und die Philosophie der Romantik Die Philosophie der Romantik Chopin und die Philosophie der Romantik Die Musik Chopins und das Wesen der Romantik Was für Methoden (Modi) der romantischen Kreation der Welt kamen in der Musik vor? |
| Krystyna Kobylańska | Les improvisations de Frédéric Chopin: Relevé des improvisations de Frédéric Chopin: I. Sur les themes connus II. Sur les themes inconnus |
| Wojciech Nowik | Frédéric Chopin's Musical Notation - its Form, Specific Features and Function The Genesis of Chopin's Notation Chopin's Notation Sings The Notation and its Transformations The Spatial Arrangement of the Written Score Sign and Meaning: Changes in Notation Notation and Constructional Operations |
| Hanna Wróblewska-Straus | Manuscrits inconnus des oeuvres de l'opus 21, 34, 40 et 49 de Frédéric Chopin Provenance des manuscrits Description des manuscrits |
| Thomas Higgins | Progress Toward Completion of the Study Op. 10, No. 10: its Dual Textual Accomplishment and Chopin's Humane Solution |
| Ewald Zimmermann | Chopin und sein Orchester. Fragen zur Quellenlage und zur Authentizität der Instrumentation in den Klavierkonzerten |
| Bożena Adamczyk-Schmid | Les variantes du texte de Frédéric Chopin dans les manuscrits musicaux de la collection d'Anne-Marie Boutroux de Ferra a Valldemosa L'Etude en fa mineur op. 25 no 2 Nocturne en mi majeur op. 62 no 2. Lento Nocturne (Lento con gran espressione) en ut diese mineur, oeuvre posthume Fugue en la mineur Esquisse Valse en ré bémol majeur op. 64 no 1 |
| Teresa Dalila Turło | Remarques sur la chronologie des premieres compositions de Chopin |
| Hellmut Federhofer | Chopin's Werk als Demonstrationsobjekt in Lehrbüchern der Musiktheorie |
| John Rink | Chopin and Schenker: Improvisation and Musical Structure |
| Irina Nikolska | Dramaturgie und Form bei F. Chopin und die polnische Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts |
| Maciej Gołąb | Über den Tristan-Akkord bei Chopin |
| Jeffrey Kallberg | Are Variants a Problem? "Composer's Intentions" in Editing Chopin |
| Jurij Chołopow | Über die Kompositionsgrundsätze bei Frédéric Chopin: Das Rätsel des Finales der Sonate b-moll "Sphinx" Stil und Konzeption der Komposition von Frédéric Chopin Die analitische Methode Funkttionelle Harmonik Die Motivik und Thematik Modulation Gliederung der For. Kadenzen Die Musikform als Ganzes Die Auffürung Sphinx? |
| Jim Samson | Chopin's F sharp Impromptu - Notes on Genre, Style and Structure Genre Style Structure |
| Wiesław Lisecki | Die Ballade von Frédéric Choăpin - literarische oder musicalische Inspirationen? |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Kornel Michałowski | Chopin Bibliography 1985-1988 General Index |
| REPORTS | |
| Maciej Gołąb | First International Musicological Camp - Holiday with Chopin. Warsaw, Antonin, Poznań, 12-25 September 1988 |
| Teresa Lewandowska | Chopin Chronicle 1986 |
| Teresa Lewandowska | Chopin Chronicle 1987 |
| *** | Contributors to this Issue |
| *** | Chopin Studies 1.2. Contens |
| *** | Rocznik Chopinowski Vol. 18. Contens |
| Chopin Studies 4 (1994) | |
| PAPERS | |
| Jan Ekier | Frederick Chopin: How Did He Play? |
| Jolanta Bauman | Traits romantiques de l'école polonaise d'interprétation de Chopin Introduction Chopin, un classique du romantisme Interprétation polonaise: un phénomene dans l'interprétation de Chopin Phénomene d'interprétation polonaise: négation et genese Eléments romantiques de l'interprétation polonaise de Chopin Premiere génération de pianistes Les virtuoses légendaries, interpretes de Chopin Deuxieme génération Troisieme génération Małcużyński: "magnificence austerity"Le romantisme de la seconde moitié du XXe siecle: H. Czerny-Stefańska, A. Harasiewicz Quatrieme génération |
| Jan Weber | Chopin Encounters: Record Versus Concerts. Research into the Beginnings of Chopin Recordings - Some Personal Observations The Earliest Beginnings and Józef Hofmann Chopin's Presence on the Oldest Gramophone Records Old Chopin Records - from the Beginnings of the Phonographic Industry to the 1930s The Repertoire on Records and in the Concert Hall |
| Józef Kański | Recordings as a Source of Inspiration for the Analysis of Chopin Interpretations |
| Zofia Chechlińska | Chopin in the Context of Nineteenth-Century Polish Musical Culture |
| Christoph-Hellmut Mahling | Chopin, die deutsche musicalische Romantik und die "Neudeutsche Schule". Verbindungen und Beurteilungen |
| Peter Andrasche | Regers Chopin-Bearbeitungen |
| Kornel Michałowski | Bemerkungen eines Chopin-Bibliographen |
| Irena Poniatowska | Frühe Monographien über F. Chopins Werk. Ein Beitrag zur Rezeption der Musik im 19. Jahrhundert Neue Ausdrucksmittel und orgineller Stil Die Ausdruckskraft und Vorstellungskraft der Musik Zusammenfassung |
| Jaroslav Volek | Semantik und Bedeutung der Tanzformen in den Werken F. Chopins und B. Smetana |
| Daniele Pistone | Chopin et le modernisme musical français. Un aspect de la réception de l'oeuvre chopinienne dans la France du XXe siecle |
| ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION | |
| I. Romanticism and the Romantic in Chopin and other Composers of the Time. Round Table Discussion - Chairman: Władysław Stróżewski |
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| Claudia Colombati | *** |
| Małgorzata Nawrocka | Chopin and Music Aesthetics of the Early German Romantic Era |
| Anna Czekanowska | Chopin's Structure and the Structure of Myth |
| Jan Stęszewski | Zur Frage der Volkstümlichkeit und der nationalen Identität der Musik von Chopin |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Chopin "engagiert". Romantische Generation und "Nationalgesänge" |
| Maria Janion | *** |
| General Discussion II. The Final Text or Final Texts of Chopin? The Problem of Variants. Round Table Discussion - Chairman: Jan Ekier |
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| Jan Ekier | The Final Text or Final Texts of Chopin? The Problem of Variants |
| Wojciech Nowik | From Sketch to Final Text |
| Ewald Zimmermann | Harmonische Ambivalenz und die Schwierigkeit, definitive Texte zu etablieren |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Verbale Bezeichnungen von Charakter, Ausdruck und Tempo eines Musikwerkes. Deren Änderungen im Schaffenprozess Chopins Discussion (Summary) III. Chopins musicalische Poetik. Diskussion am runden Tisch - Vorsitzender: Mieczysław Tomaszewski |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Einführung. Poetik - als übertechnische Grundsätze der Gestaltung eines Werkes: deren Architektonik, Genologie, Idiomatik, Expression und Stil |
| Hellmut Federhofer | *** |
| Zofia Helman | *** |
| Jim Samson | Musical Poetics |
| Irina Nikolska | *** |
| Claudia Colombati | *** |
| Peter Andraschke | Intention und Niederschrift. Zu Chopins Kompositionsart Allgemeine Diskussion IV. Pianist's Interpretation of Chopin: History and Theory. Round Table Discussion - Chairman: Jan Ekier |
| Jan Ekier | Introduction |
| Christoph-Hellmut Mahling | *** |
| Jan Weber | *** |
| Beniamin Vogel | Chopin Playing - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives |
| James Methuen-Campbell | What Can We Learn of an Authentic Chopin Style from the Discs of Pianists Who Studied with Pupils of the Composer |
| Józef Kański | *** V. Die Kenntnis der Werke Chopins; seine Wirkung; seine Bedeutung. Aus den Untersuchungen zur Rezeption im 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Diskussion am runden Tisch - Vorsitzender: Christoph-Hellmut Mahling |
| Zofia Chechlińska | Über das Problem, inwieweit Chopins Werke in Polen des 19. Jahrhunderts bekannt waren und welche Rolle sie hier spielten |
| Michał Bristiger | *** |
| Michał Bristiger | *** |
| Christoph-Hellmut Mahling | *** |
| Jitka Ludvová | Chopins Werke in der Gesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert |
| Jitka Brabcová | Zur Chopin-Rezeption in Mähren um 1900 |
| Michał Bristiger | *** |
| Jitka Brabcová | Zur Frage der Einwirkung der Werke Chopins auf andere Komponisten |
| Jan Weber | *** |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Kornel Michałowski | Chopin Bibliography 1989-1990 General Index |
| REPORTS | |
| Zbigniew Śliwiński | Reflections on the 13th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Etudes Nocturnes Scherzi |
| Teresa Lewandowska | Chopin Chronicle 1988 Chopin Chronicle 1989 Chopin Chronicle 1990 |
| *** | Contributors to this Issue Chopin Studies 3. Contents |
| Chopin Studies 5 (1995) | |
| Irena Poniatowska | Professor Józef Chomiński (1906-1994) |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Foreword The 2nd International Musicological Symposium devoted to the Works of Fryderyk Chopin. Warsaw, 9-13 September 1989. Programme |
| Claudia Colombati | L'origine esthético-philosophique et la poétique expressive-interprétative dans les Nocturnes et les Ballades de Frédéric Chopin |
| Eero Tarasti | A Narrative Grammar of Chopin's G minor Ballade The Main Isotopies of Chopin's G minor Ballade The Temporal Articulation The Actorial Articulation The Analysis of Modalities 'Know' 'Believe' |
| Serge Gut | Interférences entre le langage et la structure dans la Ballade en sol mineur opus 23 de Chopin Annexe I Annexe II |
| Jim Samson | The Second Ballade - Historical and Analytical Perspectives |
| John Rink | "Structural Momentum" and Closure in Chopin's Op. 9, No. 2 |
| Winfried Kirsch | Languido. Religioso - Zu Chopins Nocturnes in g-moll op. 15 Nr. 3 und op. 37 Nr. 1 |
| James Methuen-Campbell | John Field and Chopin - Similarities and Differences in their Approach to the Nocturne Genre Chopin's Nocturne Op. 32, No. 1 - the Source of Mahler's Sixth Symphony? |
| Monika Fink | Die Rezeption der Nocturnes in der bildenden Kunst |
| Teresa Dalila Turło | Transcriptions des Nocturnes de Chopin comme forme particuliere de réception de la lyrique instrumentale |
| Michael Stegemann | Die beiden Gesichter der Nacht. Nocturne und Scherzo in der französischen Musik und Literatur von 1830 bis 1850 Synopse |
| Zofia Chechlińska | Scherzo as a Genre - Selected Problems |
| Wojciech Nowik | Fryderyk Chopin's Scherzo in B minor Op. 20. Form and Thematic Process |
| Andrzej Tuchowski | Scherzo C sharp minor - the Problem of Structural Consistency and Motivic Transformations |
| Walter Salmen | Die Barkarole vor Chopin. Herkunft und Semantik eines musicalischen Genres |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Fantasie f-moll op. 49 - Genese, Struktur, Rezeption I. Genese: Realien, Kontext und Gattungsnormen II. Struktur: ein Versuch die Form zu erfassen III. III. Rezeption: das Ablesen des "Tones" und des Sinnes |
| Gabriele Busch-Salmen | Bemerkungen zu den Flötenbearbeitungen der Werke Frédéric Chopins |
| Maciej Gołąb | Das Problem der Haupttonart in den Werken von Chopin |
| Yurij Kholopov | Aufzeichnungen über Chopins Metrik Metrik und Ausdruckskraft Grundniveau des Metrums Metrische Funktionen der Takte Genre und Metrum Metrik im Scherzo Zu einem Nocturne Chopins |
| Kornel Michałowski | Chopin Bibliography (1991-1993) General Index |
| Contributors to this issue | |
| Ferdynand Gajewski | Letter to the Editor |
| Chopin Studies 6 (1999) | |
| Teresa Chylińska | Kornel Michałowski 1923-1998 |
| Witold Straus | Farewell to the Honoured Members of the Czech Chopin Society |
| Biel Mesquida | In memoriam Marguerite Ferra Boutroux |
| Jim Samson | Chopin`s Musical Education |
| Hanna Wróblewska-Straus | The Correspondence of Frederick Chopin, His Friends and Acquaintances, and a Presentation of the Acquisitions of the Museum of the Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw. Bibliography with abbreviations |
| Hanna Wróblewska-Straus | "Chopin`s Autographs Are Extremely Rare". The Frederick Chopin Correspondence in the Museum Collection of the Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw. Bibliography with marked abbreviations |
| Czesław Sielużycki | On the Health of Chopin. Truth, Suppositions, Legends, Remarks on Documents, Sources and Methods, Parents and Constitutional Predispositions, "A Delicate Child" of Weak Health 1810-1819, 1820-1825, The Unfortunate Year of 1826 and Youth 1827-1831, "Joyful Era" and the Recurrence of Illnesses in Paris 1831-1835, 1836-1837, 1838, "The Majorka Fiasco" and the Marseilles Cure, "Copernicus of the Piano". "Simply Ill", 1841-1842, 1843-1844, 1845-1847. The "Season in England" and the Spread of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Circumstances of Death and the Supposed "Autopsy Riddle", Appendix, Bibliography |
| Maciej Gołąb | Ludwik Bronarski (1890-1975), Publications by Ludwik Bronarski |
| Regina Smendzianka | Some Reflections after the Thirteenth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw |
| Arie Vardi | The Standard of Taste |
| Irena Poniatowska | The "Chopin-Liszt" Exhibition, the Frederick Chopin Society, Warsaw 1-30 October 1995 |
| REPORTS | |
| Irena Poniatowska | J.J.Eigeldinger, Fryderyk Chopin. "Szkice do metody gry fortepianowej". Compiled and presented by [.], translated [into Polish] by Zbigniew Skowron |
| Wojciech Nowik | On the Trail of the Generic Form of Chopin's Ballads (J.Samson, "The Four Ballads") |
| Kornel Michałowski | Chopin Bibliography 1994-1995 Contents of "Rocznik Chopinowski" Contributors to this Issue |
| Chopin Studies 7 (2000) | |
| Illustrations | |
| Jan Ekier | Fontana as the Editor of Chopin's Posthumous Works A Brief Sketch of Fontana's Life Personal and Musical Relations between Chopin and Fontana Julian Fontana as a Musician Fontana's Work on the Posthumous Music of Chopin Fontana's Approach to Chopin's Music in the Posthumous Works Changes Made by Fontana to Chopin's Posthumous Works The Value of Fontana's Edition for Current Editorial Work Appendices I - IV Sources, Bibliography |
| Wojciech Nowik | Elsner and Chopin. The Warsaw Piano Sonatas of the Master and His "Remarkably Talented" Pupil |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | From Studies of the Resonance of Chopin's Music: Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11 in the Light of its Critical Interpretations Biographical Context of the Work The World of the Work in the Light of Its Critical Interpretations Modes and Degrees of Verbalization The Resonance of a Work in a Theoretical Perspective Final Reflections Bibliography |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | The Presence of Chopin's Music in the Works of his Contemporaries and Successors Fragments of a Specific Work by Chopin Included in a Work by Another Composer Transformation of a Specific Work by Chopin, Where Material Is Completed and Developed Elements of Chopin's Style in the Output of Another Composer Chopin's Expressive-Semantic Idioms and Their Resonances Bibliography |
| REPORTS | |
| Mieczysław Tomaszewski | Z.. Chechlińska, Wariacje i technika wariacyjna w twórczości Chopina |
| Wojciech Nowik | Between the Language of Sounds and the Language of Feelings (T.A. Zieliński, Chopin. Życie i droga twórcza) |
| Wojciech Nowik | A New Perception of Chopin's Music and Its Interpretation in Chopin Studies |
| General Index | |
| Contents of "Rocznik Chopinowski" | |
| Contributors to this volume |