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Autore |
Huneker James |
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Titolo |
Chopin [[electronic resource] ] : The Man and His Music |
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Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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786.1 |
786.1/092 |
786.1/092/4 |
786.10924 |
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Soggetti |
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Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 |
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Ballades, piano |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title; Contents; PART I-THE MAN; I. Poland:-Youthful Ideals; II. Paris:-In the Maelstrom; III. England, Scotland and Pere La Chaise; IV. The Artist; V. Poet and Psychologist; PART II-HIS MUSIC; VI. The Studies:-Titanic Experiments; VII. Moods in Miniature:-The Preludes; VIII. Impromptus and Valses; IX. Night and Its Melancholy Mysteries:-The Nocturnes; X. The Ballades:-Faery Dramas; XI. Classical Currents; XII. The Polonaises:-Heroic Hymns of Battle; XIII. Mazurkas:-Dances of the Soul; XIV. Chopin the Conqueror; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) was one of the most influential musicians of the 19th Century. Discovered as a child-prodigy pianist in his native Poland, he later travelled to France, where he remained after the Polish uprising of 1830-31. There he gave few public performances, but worked as composer and piano teacher. He later became a French citizen and conducted a stormy relationship with French writer George Sand (Aurore Dudevant). He died at 39 of pulmonary tuberculosis... |
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