Chopin [[electronic resource] ] : The Man and His Music

• Autore: Huneker James
• Pubblicazione: Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 786.1; 786.1/092; 786.1/092/4; 786.10924
• Soggetto topico: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849; Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Ballades, piano
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Chopin
• ISBN: 1-77556-308-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821485003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II