The role of Jane Wilhelmina Stirling in Fryderyk Chopin’s life and in preserving memory and legacy of the composer
The role of Jane Wilhelmina Stirling in Fryderyk Chopin’s life and in preserving memory and legacy of the composer

Summary/Abstract: The role of Jane Wilhelmina Stirling in Fryderyk Chopin’s life as well as in preserving his legacy is nowadays underestimated. Jane Stirling was not only Chopin’s pupil, but also his patron. She organized a concert tour to England and Scotland for him and tried to support the composer financially. Moreover, she defrayed the costs of the composer’s funeral and erecting his gravestone. After his death, she focused on what Chopin had left passing away. It is thought that she purchased most of the items from his last apartment; she acquired also the last piano the composer had played. She tried to protect the autograph manuscripts he had left, and attempted to arrange the publication of compositions that had been retained only in a sketch form.

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