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It was possible for a young musician in Warsaw in the days of the Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland) to keep abreast of musical developments all over Europe. Admittedly, he could not have listened to every composition, but if he was endowed with imagination and musicality, he would have been able to familiarise himself with them and study the sheet music readily available in Warsaw bookshops.
The adolescent Chopin was also a keen visitor to shops selling scores – and even instruments. He would drop in to Brzezina’s bookshop every day (as he told a friend), was able to test the sounds of different pianos at Buchholtz’s, and impatiently proceeded to Magnus’s in the hope of picking up his Variations, Op. 2, which had been published in Vienna.
Warsaw music shops definitely played a significant part in educating Chopin and moulding his genius. A walk around the places where these bookshops and music engravers once stood is a must for anyone who wants to get to know the world of the composer’s youth.
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Buchholtz’s instrument store. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Długa 19. Place where was located The Franciszek Klukowski bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Dluga Street, corner of Miodowa. Place where was located The Franciszek Klukowski bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Długa Street. Place where was located The Franciszek Klukowski bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Miodowa 20. Place where was located Magnus bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Miodowa 20. Place where was located Magnus bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Miodowa 20. Place where was located Magnus bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Przyrynek 2. Place where was located The engraving studio of Fr. Izydor Józef Cybulski and Antoni Płachecki.Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Przyrynek 2. The engraving studio of Fr. Izydor Józef Cybulski and Antoni Płachecki. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Przyrynek 2. The engraving studio of Fr. Izydor Józef Cybulski and Antoni Płachecki. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Tenement at the Miodowa Street where was located The Dal Trozza bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Tenement at the Miodowa Street where was located The Dal Trozza bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Tenement at the Miodowa Street where was located The Dal Trozza bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The building where was located Antoni Brzezina’s bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The building where was located Antoni Brzezina’s bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The building where was located Antoni Brzezina’s bookshop. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The place where was Fryderyk Buchholtz’s instrument store. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The place where was Fryderyk Buchholtz’s instrument store. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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The place where was Fryderyk Buchholtz’s instrument store. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Fryderyk Chopin – Polonaise in G flat major [WN 35] (1830) – Tatiana Shebanova (piano Erard, 1849), NIFCCD017, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Polonaise in G minor [WN 2] (1817) – Marek Drewnowski (piano Pleyel, 1848), NIFCCD019, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Rondo in C minor, Op. 1 (1825) – Nikolai Demidenko (piano Pleyel, 1848), NIFCCD014, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Variations in D major on Thomas Moore`s song for four hands [WN 6] (1824–1826) – Tatiana Shebanova, Stanisław Drzewiecki (piano Erard, 1849), NIFCCD017, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
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8 Miodowa Street
Buchholtz’s instrument store »
Mazowiecka Str. (corner of 16 Świętokrzyska Str.)
5 Miodowa Street
Engraving studio of Fr Izydor Józef Cybulski and Antoni Płachecki »
2 Przyrynek Street
Franciszek Klukowski bookshop »
19 Długa Street
20 Miodowa Street