Jean ("Jane") Wilhelmina Stirling was a Scottish amateur pianist who is best known as a student and later friend of Frédéric Chopin, who dedicated Nocturnes, Op. 55 to her. She took him on a tour of England and Scotland in 1848, and took charge of the disposal of his effects and manuscripts after his death in 1849.
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Jane Stirling with Fanny Elgin
Jane Stirling with her father, John Stirling of Kippendavie
Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by Jane Stirling. Chopin sits in bed, in the presence of (from left) Aleksander Jełowicki, Chopin's sister Ludwika Jędrzejewicz, Marcelina Czartoryska, Wojciech Grzymała, and Kwiatkowski himself.
Brass plaque to the Stirlings of Kippendavie, Dunblane CathedralMusicians born in the 1800s 6
About this person
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1804 to 1859 · aged 54
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