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Chopin and His World /

A new look at the life, times, and music of Polish composer and piano virtuoso Fryderyk ChopinFryderyk Chopin (1810-49), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic friends a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Goldberg, Halina, 1961- (Editor ), Bellman, Jonathan, 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Permissions; Introduction; PART I. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CONTEXTS; Chopin's Oneiric Soundscapes and the Role of Dreams in Romantic Culture; Józef Sikorski's "Recollection of Chopin": The Earliest Essay on Chopin and His Music; Chopin and the Gothic; Revisiting Chopin's Tubercular Song, or, An Opera in the Making; Chopin and Jews; PART II. MUSICAL AND PIANISTIC CONTEXTS; Middlebrow Becomes Transcendent: The Popular Roots of Chopin's Musical Language; Karol Kurpiński on the Musical Expression of Polish National Sentiment.
  • Dance and the Music of Chopin: The PolonaiseThe Barcarolle and the Barcarolle: Topic and Genre in Chopin; Chopin and Improvisation; Chopin Among the Pianists in Paris; The Hand of Chopin: Documents and Commentary; AFTERWORD; Chopin and the Consequences of Exile; Index; Notes on Contributors.