Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-24
INSPIRED
BY HIS BRIEF
ROMANCE
Small Book Just Issued Gives
Details of Love Affair
Spoiled by III Health of the
Famous Composer.

Chopin ana his music. oughi a., any
rate 90 prove interesting 10 sentiment
alist. Those who care 10 Sc what
Chopln's handwriting Nas Ike ~ the
improssiOnablp axe oi "a ana care To
follow he incidents of a slender love
story which formed an episode ia
MS career may satisfy their curiosity
N buying q volume which has iust
hc published u is small oDiong
volume. hound IN red morocco with
gllt tOo,ing on the borders and cor
ncrs. ana The name Maria in Gothic
letters uu the side. ana thc whole
thing Is. with tho addition uf tow
pages OF cNihauator, matter and The
omission uf some blank leaves. "a lac.
similc q volume in the possession
OF Nine 81 OrpiszcWsha, an aunt at
Maria
lictwecu The title page and the pre-.
face Us production of Maria WOd
linsha's portraits of herself and enc.
pin The portrait of Chopin D. one
of The hvst that was ever taken OF
hin. the ewes are speaking. and the
whole face Indicates III, composers
frail d attn ANA nervous temperament
Naria's portrait roo contains indioa
lions of character
Tho pair met lirst as children, when
Maria came 90 fetch her brothers from
the house OF Chouns father where
they boarded for yoar. ;nd Nhen
Maria's mother came Ju Warsaw, TIVE
two lamili became acquainted and
would spend their sundays together
on ties, occasions Chopin found him.
sell sooner on later ai he plano play
ing 20 the liftlo girl, who was nine
year, hi- iunior. or accom- panying her
a. she sang his songs They both LEFT
| Poland ln 1880 Chopin to make "a tour
| through bohemia ana Germans on his
Nay to Paris Maria to s Tile event.
uallv with her family ~ Geneva Here
| she toOk lessons IN piano uaying and
composition from Field. ana sent Chu.
| pin somo variation, on q theme. which
he TUNED into his brilliant Nal-e IN
| y RAT
They met again In 1885 ~ Dresden.
! aud TINS meeting gay birth tu the
| Vase in + minor which h, dedicated
| To her and lct IN her hands Otnor
! compositions. which belong to this
| period and show to some extent his
state OF mind. ar The two \octurnos
| IN sharp minor aud n lat aud The
study IN + minor. which he cali q "A
| spiritual picture OF Maria
Next wear they met once moro at
| Mlfienhad. Chopin making Tho Jour
, ncy Oh purpose 10 meet Maria ana
| her mother and this time u seemed
., " things would come TO a % ad
J They TOOK long walks toge her. tho
| portraits referred 70 above wcr,
drawn. ana Marias alu.a was OF.
irred 10 Chopin for tho usuai con.
iribution which all young ladies OK
tort a from then friends But the
inspiration would not come, th, com
poser y nerves were 700 much for him
and the pages remained blank
| However after Chopin ami the girl
had been together a month ana had
moved from Maricnbad 20 Dresden
he, feeling that III" moment was ripe
| summoned mp his courage ana oil
sept mber ~, the eve ut his depar
ture for Paris, asked Maria Wodzln
SKA 20 become his wife She replied
that she could nor run counter 10 hci
parents wishes taDd they were al
read. "a anxiety about Chopin
h"alihl, bur she promised 90 cherish
grateful remembrance" OF him IL
her heart This Is how Maria mar
rated the incident in after wears
though other account vary somewhat
ANYHOW, CHOPIN does nor seem e
hay" taken her answ rs dcinit.
| refusal, Tor the next day he roturnc,
b to Paris, where he settled down cheer
3 lully 20 work, writing among otheI
things the 7cren 81 beautiful NoCurn,
IN u maioi. Frequent letters juo
were exchanged with Maria. hui il
X spite OF his happiness he began Il
loss his calm of mind, ana. in Orde
Ia quiet himself aud satisfy Dol, cray
inga, he drew oui from Us drawc
the album which Maria had given hin
ycar before. and the result wa
the little book of which q fac5imil
has Just been published
Chopin though Of his chilbCod an
the early days IN Warsaw whom Mari
sang his songs in his parents hous,
+ ana under ihC spell of tines" rCminu
ccnccs wrote ont a piece mirkc,
L"nlo on gran "sprossione IN ih
form of q \oclurnc IN G sharp minol
j, Ilis ls followed by eight OF Mi, earl
sons Dos Nadchens Wmsch,
Dor liotc Wa lin lungea Ma,
chen debit "BacChaual "Litanicho
n Lied, Der Reitoramann ynr dc
d. Sch!acht' Mir ausden Blickan an
, 'lieheslauher' The first seven 4
/, these ei-hl songs correspond more q
y less exactly with the published ed
tions The eighth song. "i.iehcszai
, her, is published Tor the hrst i'm,
II is quite short and consists only f.,
n bars, and, like the 9th 'rs has IN
flavor OF a folk song anon, II
ON receipt at the album Mar
=, wrote Chopin sin little note car
= tulty worded, expressing mlmpcac
able sentiments Tho voice of n
father can be heard IN II. aud Chop
doubtless realized that the llYcar-o
Marin was not the kind OF daucht'
10 stand up against him. He seems
," have accepted the situation phil
sOphically ana shortly attorward
= cciyed his official dismissal NJ
: year Marin married Count SkarbeC
he son OF Chopin's godfather and
the dissolution of her marriage wi
" him accepted the hand of q ia
named OrpisZewski Chopin kept h
20 letters, however tor they we're foul
among hls papers after his death, III
~ M with pink ribbon and with q
~ words MOiu bip dn' 30 ."mN misit