Chasing Chopin

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501188712
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis Chasing Chopin by : Annik LaFarge

Download or read book Chasing Chopin written by Annik LaFarge and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern take on a classical icon: this original, entertaining, well-researched book uses the story of when, where, and how Chopin composed his most famous work, uncovering many surprises along the way and showing how his innovative music still animates popular culture centuries later. The Frédéric Chopin Annik LaFarge presents here is not the melancholy, sickly, romantic figure so often portrayed. The artist she discovered is, instead, a purely independent spirit: an innovator who created a new musical language, an autodidact who became a spiritually generous, trailblazing teacher, a stalwart patriot during a time of revolution and exile. In Chasing Chopin she follows in his footsteps during the three years, 1837–1840, when he composed his iconic “Funeral March”—dum dum da dum—using its composition story to illuminate the key themes of his life: a deep attachment to his Polish homeland; his complex relationship with writer George Sand; their harrowing but consequential sojourn on Majorca; the rapidly developing technology of the piano, which enabled his unique tone and voice; social and political revolution in 1830s Paris; friendship with other artists, from the famous Eugène Delacroix to the lesser known, yet notorious in his time, Marquis de Custine. Each of these threads—musical, political, social, personal—is woven through the “Funeral March” in Chopin’s Opus 35 sonata, a melody so famous it’s known around the world even to people who know nothing about classical music. But it is not, as LaFarge discovered, the piece of music we think we know. As part of her research into Chopin’s world, then and now, LaFarge visited piano makers, monuments, churches, and archives; she talked to scholars, jazz musicians, video game makers, software developers, music teachers, theater directors, and of course dozens of pianists. The result is extraordinary: an engrossing, page-turning work of musical discovery and an artful portrayal of a man whose work and life continue to inspire artists and cultural innovators in astonishing ways. A companion website, WhyChopin, presents links to each piece of music mentioned in the book, organized by chapter in the order in which it appears, along with photos, resources, videos, and more.

My First Book of Chopin

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486424278
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis My First Book of Chopin by : Bergerac

Download or read book My First Book of Chopin written by Bergerac and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes theme from "Raindrop" Prelude, "Minute" Waltz, "Lullaby," "Fantaisie-impromptu," "Butterfly" Etude, "Military" and "Heroic" Polonaise, plus melodic highlights from the most familiar preludes, mazurkas, waltzes, and etudes. Features 23 piano arrangements. Bonus MP3 downloads are included for each song.

Chopin

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781574671483
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (714 download)

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Book Synopsis Chopin by : Victor Lederer

Download or read book Chopin written by Victor Lederer and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOPIN: A LISTENER'S GUIDE TO THE MASTER OF THE PIANO

Life of Chopin

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Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1613105460
Total Pages : 191 pages
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Book Synopsis Life of Chopin by : Franz Liszt

Download or read book Life of Chopin written by Franz Liszt and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Help Yourself Towards Mental Health

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429914474
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Book Synopsis Help Yourself Towards Mental Health by : Courtenay Young

Download or read book Help Yourself Towards Mental Health written by Courtenay Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how an individual can help themselves resolve a wide variety of ordinary, everyday life problems and improve their mental health. It is designed as a self-help aid for people with depression, anxiety, or with issues of low self-esteem.

Chopin's Funeral

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307425258
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Chopin's Funeral by : Benita Eisler

Download or read book Chopin's Funeral written by Benita Eisler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frédéric Chopin’s reputation as one of the Great Romantics endures, but as Benita Eisler reveals in her elegant and elegiac biography, the man was more complicated than his iconic image. A classicist, conservative, and dandy who relished his conquest of Parisian society, the Polish émigré was for a while blessed with genius, acclaim, and the love of Europe’s most infamous woman writer, George Sand. But by the age of 39, the man whose brilliant compositions had thrilled audiences in the most fashionable salons lay dying of consumption, penniless and abandoned by his lover. In the fall of 1849, his lavish funeral was attended by thousands—but not by George Sand. In this intimate portrait of an embattled man, Eisler tells the story of a turbulent love affair, of pain and loss redeemed by art, and of worlds—both private and public—convulsed by momentous change.

Kate Chopin

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Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791093697
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Kate Chopin by : Harold Bloom

Download or read book Kate Chopin written by Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of critical essays on Kate Chopin's work.

Kate Chopin's Private Papers

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253115935
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (159 download)

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Book Synopsis Kate Chopin's Private Papers by : Emily Toth

Download or read book Kate Chopin's Private Papers written by Emily Toth and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998-10-22 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Toth and Seyersted's well-organized, carefully edited volume makes available all manuscripts and related items from all archival collections.... This volume is essential for American literature collections." -- Choice An edition of the primarily unpublished papers of Kate Chopin, author of the feminist classic The Awakening. These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, reveal the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.

Chopin

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443800716
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Chopin by : J. Cuthbert Hadden

Download or read book Chopin written by J. Cuthbert Hadden and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First appearing in 1903, this was perhaps the first truly well-balanced account of Chopin as a man and Chopin as a composer, in English. The author describes Chopin's life and activities from his early days in Warsaw to the days he spent in London, Paris, Vienna, and elsewhere. The author gives accounts of the enthusiasm with which Chopin's works were received, early reviews, Chopin's own reactions to the places he visited and the people he saw, and much more. Also included are numerous letters, a bibliography, a list of Chopin's published works (at the time of writing), and an index. Although there is no shortage of biographies of Chopin, the present book was written at a time of heightened interest, and is full of the vigour and passion which reveal a more honest perception of the effect the composer has on audiences worldwide than many scholarly accounts do today. Certainly a must for the enthusiast of Chopin, and without doubt a great way for the newcomer to get to know the details about the man behind the music.

The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317023404
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes by : Anatole Leikin

Download or read book The Mystery of Chopin's Préludes written by Anatole Leikin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chopin's twenty-four Préludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published. What prompted Franz Liszt and others to consider Chopin's Préludes to be compositions in their own right rather than introductions to other works? What did set Chopin's Préludes so drastically apart from their forerunners? What exactly was 'the morbid, the feverish, the repellent' that Schumann heard in Opus 28, in that 'wild motley' of 'strange sketches' and 'ruins'? Why did Liszt and another, anonymous, reviewer publicly suggest that Lamartine's poem Les Préludes served as an inspiration for Chopin's Opus 28? And, if that is indeed the case, how did the poem affect the structure and the thematic contents of Chopin's Préludes? And, lastly, is Opus 28 a random assortment of short pieces or a cohesive cycle? In this monograph, richly illustrated with musical examples, Anatole Leikin combines historical perspectives, hermeneutic and thematic analyses, and a range of practical implications for performers to explore these questions and illuminate the music of one of the best loved collections of music for the piano.

Chopin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Chopin written by James Huneker and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chopin: the Man and His Music

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752355417
Total Pages : 170 pages
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Download or read book Chopin: the Man and His Music written by James Huneker and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Chopin: the Man and His Music by James Huneker

Chopin, the Man and His Music

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Book Synopsis Chopin, the Man and His Music by : Herbert Weinstock

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An Introduction to His Piano Works

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Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457412189
Total Pages : 68 pages
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Book Synopsis An Introduction to His Piano Works by : Béla Bartók

Download or read book An Introduction to His Piano Works written by Béla Bartók and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 31 pieces from The First Term at the Piano, For Children, 10 Easy Pieces and 7 Sketches. The informative foreword includes Bartók's specific instructions on wrist and finer action, articulations and syncopation. Each piece is prefaced by a brief introduction.

Chopin; The Man and His Music

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387036558
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Book Synopsis Chopin; The Man and His Music by : James Huneker

Download or read book Chopin; The Man and His Music written by James Huneker and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Frederic Chopin

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
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Book Synopsis Frederic Chopin by : Maurycy Karasowski

Download or read book Frederic Chopin written by Maurycy Karasowski and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chopin's Letters

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486319520
Total Pages : 447 pages
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Book Synopsis Chopin's Letters by : Frederic Chopin

Download or read book Chopin's Letters written by Frederic Chopin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 300 letters reveal Chopin as both man and artist and illuminate his fascinating world — Europe of the 1830s and 1840s. "Delightful gossip . . . merry rather than malicious . . . engagingly witty." — Books. Preface. Index.