F. Chopin arranged by T. Leschetizky: An unknown autograph at the Manuscript Department of the St. Petersburg Conservatory
The article deals with the unknown arrangement of Chopin Etude f-moll, op. 25, № 2 (kept at the Manuscript Department of St. Petersburg Conservatory, № 7512) made by distinguished pianist Theodor Leschetizky. Concert and scientific presentation of the composition took place at the St Petersburg Conservatory in March during anniversary events «Chopin-2010» and became a little discovery of the Chopin jubilee year. The author of the article offers detailed analysis of the manuscript as well as concerns various hypotheses of the unique arrangement appearance, taken into consideration the wide culturalhistoric background of Petersburg musical life of the 1860s-1870s.