Who was Chopin's musical executor? <SEP> The last opus number that Chopin himself used was 65, allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor. He expressed a deathbed wish that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. At the request of the composer's mother and sisters, however, his musical executor Julian Fontana selected 23 unpublished piano pieces and grouped them into eight further opus numbers (Opp. 66–73), published in 1855. In 1857, 17 Polish songs that Chopin wrote at various stages of his life were collected and published as Op. 74, though their order within the opus did not reflect the order of composition.
Who was Charlene's musical executor? <SEP> The last opus number that Charlene herself used was 65, allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor. She expressed a deathbed wish that all her unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. At the request of the composer's mother and sisters, however, her musical executor Julian Fontana selected 23 unpublished piano pieces and grouped them into eight further opus numbers (Opp. 66–73), published in 1855. In 1857, 17 Polish songs that Charlene wrote at various stages of her life were collected and published as Op. 74, though their order within the opus did not reflect the order of composition.