Rola Jane Wilhelminy Stirling w życiu Fryderyka Chopina oraz w kultywowaniu dziedzictwa i pamięci o kompozytorze
The role of Jane Wilhelmina Stirling in the life of Fryderyk Chopin and in the cultivation of the composer’s legacy and memory

Summary/Abstract: The role of Jane Wilhelmina Stirling in Fryderyk Chopin’s life, as well as in the cultivation of his legacy, is underestimated to this day. Jane Stirling was not only Chopin’s pupil, but also his patron. She organized a concert tour to England and Scotland for Chopin, and tried to provide the composer with a donation for his living expenses. She financed his funeral, as well as the costs of erecting his gravestone. After the composer’s death she turned her attention to what Chopin had left behind. It is thought that she purchased most of the items from his last apartment; in a separate transaction she acquired the last piano the composer had played. She tried to protect the autographed manuscripts he had left, and attempted to arrange the publication of compositions left only in sketch form.

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