The Fryderyk Chopin Institute ( Polish : Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina ) is a Polish organization dedicated to researching and promoting the life and works of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin . It was created in 2001 as the result of legislation in the Polish Parliament and is under direct control of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage . Its headquarters are located in Warsaw .
10-511: The activities of the institute include publications, organization of concerts, conserving the physical and artistic Chopin heritage, monitoring the commercial use of Chopin's name and operating a Chopin Information Centre (the institute's website). Amongst its publication projects is a complete facsimile edition of Chopin's works, compiled from all available holograph manuscripts, edited by Zofia Chechlińska. The institute operates
20-478: A photocopy machine. In the digital age, an image scanner , a personal computer , and a desktop printer can be used to make a facsimile. A separate category consists of the so-called digital facsimiles, which are meant to be stored, viewed, and sometimes edited or annotated on a computer. These are often available online in repositories that consist of manuscripts from a particular location or collection. Such digital facsimiles are considered separate objects from
30-523: A true facsimile. Advances in the art of facsimile are closely related to advances in printmaking . Maps, for instance, were the focus of early explorations in making facsimiles, although these examples often lack the rigidity to the original source that is now expected. An early example is the Abraham Ortelius map (1598). Innovations during the 18th century, especially in the realms of lithography and aquatint , facilitated an explosion in
40-400: Is a "partial facsimile". Facsimiles are sometimes used by scholars to research a source that they do not have access to otherwise, and by museums and archives for media preservation and conservation . Many are sold commercially, often accompanied by a volume of commentary. The term " fax " is a shortened form of "facsimile", though most faxes are not reproductions of the quality expected in
50-430: Is a copy or reproduction of an old book , manuscript , map , art print , or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence, an incomplete copy
60-888: Is organised in collaboration with the Warsaw Philharmonic , the Grand Theatre and the Polskie Radio Program II . The International Chopin Piano Competition ( Polish : Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina ) is a piano competition held in Warsaw , Poland, since 1927. Since 2010, it has been hosted by the Chopin Institute, having previously been organized by the Ministry of Culture (until 1960) and then
70-581: The Fryderyk Chopin Museum and the five-yearly International Chopin Piano Competition . It also runs the "Young Talents" programme to encourage young Polish pianists. The institute has also been organizing the festival Chopin and his Europe since 2005. It presents European music in the context of its links with the life and work of Chopin. One of the objectives of the festival programme is historical performance, presenting works as they were originally heard, on period instruments. The festival
80-659: The Chopin Society (from 1960 to 2005). In 2018, the institute organized the inaugural I International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments . The Fryderyk Chopin Museum ( Polish : Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina ) in Warsaw was established in 1954. Since 2005, it has been operated by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Facsimile A facsimile (from Latin fac simile , "to make alike")
90-776: The manuscripts or books that they represent. They are an important research aid, especially for historians. Important illuminated manuscripts like Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry are not only on display to the public as facsimiles, but available in high quality to scholars. However, unlike normal book reproductions, facsimiles remain truer to the original colors—which is especially important for illuminated manuscripts—and preserve defects. Facsimiles are best suited to printed or hand-written documents, and not to items such as three-dimensional objects or oil paintings with unique surface texture. Reproductions of those latter objects are often referred to as replicas . Desktop printer Too Many Requests If you report this error to
100-437: The number of facsimiles of old master drawings that could be studied from afar. In the past, techniques and devices such as the philograph (tracing an original through a transparent plane), photostat , hectograph , or lithograph were used to create facsimiles. More recently, facsimiles have been made by the use of some form of photographic technique. For documents, a facsimile most often refers to document reproduction by
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