Nocturne in G, Op. 37, No. 2

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1839) was born Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen in the small village of Zelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw, now Poland.

The two nocturnes that make up Op. 37 were composed between 1837 and 1839.

This transcription is an arrangement of part of the second work of the pair, and was done by
Isaac Van Vleck Flagler (1844-1909).

Flagler, a distinguished and widely known concert organist was a native of Albany, New York, having been born in that city in 1850. His early education was acquired at Kinderhook and Albany academies. He studied law for four years at Poughkeepsie, but gave it up for music which is his master passion.

After a brief study of music under local teachers he went to Paris, where he studied under Batiste, the renowned music master, and subsequently under the Maestro Gustav Martal, in the city of Dresden.

Returning from Europe he became organist and choirmaster in the Second Reformed Church at Poughkeepsie, afterwards filled the same position at the First Presbyterian Church, Albany, and later at Plymouth Church, Chicago, and First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, N. Y.

He was a distinguished teacher and lecturer, having taught music and given lectures in Syracuse University, in Cornell University, in the Utica Conservatory of Music and in the Ithaca Conservatory of Music. He was organist and musical lecturer at Chautauqua for nineteen years. He acted as solo
organist at the Chicago, Buffalo and St. Louis expositions, and played at the Trocadero in one of the Paris expositions.

His reputation as a concert organist was national. His repertory was extensive, comprising all the works of the great masters. His playing was always brilliant and remarkably facile, and he was said to have few equals and no superiors in
the United States.

This work was published in 1907 as part 4 of "Flagler's New Collection of Organ Music."

The score is attached as well as photos of Chopin, Flagler, and a photo of the First Presbyterian Church, Albany, NY.