[46] The Polish for Frederic.
[47] Edward Hanslick, in his book, “History of Concerts in Vienna,” uses the same words as the Sammler does about Chopin.
[48] E minor Concerto op. 11.
[49] Book and Music Seller, in Warsaw.
[50] Chopin says what he may have heard reported, for it is well known that the world rarely credits the nobly born with artistic talent. Prince Louis Ferdinand was, indeed, Dussekʼs pupil, but he was not, therefore, helped in his compositions by his teacher. Prince Ferdinand—called Louis Ferdinand in history, and on the title pages of his compositions—was of an inventive nature, and what works he has left are really the produce of his own brain. Full of patriotism and courage, he took part in the war and fell at Saalfield, October 13th, 1806.
[51] One thinks involuntarily of the Orchestra at the Bayreuth Festival, in 1876. Yes, yes, “Original fahrʼ him in deiner Pracht.”—Goethe.
[52] This polonaise appears as op. 71 in the collection of posthumous works.
[53] Grand Fantasia on Polish airs, op. 13.
[54] Charles Kurpinski, bandmaster, and composer of several national operas, was born in 1785, and died in 1857, in Warsaw.
[55] A coffee-house frequented by most of the literati; called in German “Aschenbrodel.”