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The Cambridge companion to Chopin

By Samson , Jim (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
9780521404907, 0521404908, 9780521477529, 0521477522
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19685539 bytes)
Series
Cambridge companions to music
Pages
341\354
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2020-01-07 10:36:26
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Description

This Companion is designed to provide the enquiring music lover with helpful insights in Chopin's style, sources and reception Chronology; Myth and reality: a biographical introduction; Part I. The Growth of a Style: 1. Piano music and the public concert, 1800-1850 Janet Ritterman; 2. The nocturne: development of a new style David Rowland; 3. The twenty-seven etudes and their antecedents Simon Finlow; 4. Tonal architecture in the early music John Rink; Part II. Profiles of the Music: 5. Extended forms: the ballades, scherzos and fantasies Jim Samson; 6. Small 'forms': in defence of the prelude Jeffrey Kallberg; 7. Beyond the dance Adrian Thomas; 8. The sonatas Anatole Leikin; Part III. Reception: 9. Chopin in performance James Methuen-Campbell; 10. Chopin reception in nineteenth-century Poland Zofia Chechlinska; 11. Victorian attitudes to Chopin Derek Carew; 12. Chopin's influence on the fin de siecle and beyond Roy Howat; Appendix: a historical survey of Chopin on disc James Methuen-Campbell; Notes; List of Chopin's works; Bibliographical note; Index.

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