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Unknown waltz by Chopin found in library vault after nearly 200 years

# An unknown waltz by Chopin, written nearly 200 years ago, has been discovered in the vault of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. The New York Times reports the score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was found by a curator. Newly discovered works by Chopin, who died in 1849 at age 39, are rare. The Polish composer’s heart, pickled in a jar of alcohol, is encased in a church in Warsaw. The museum believes the music is from between 1830 and 1835.