Age of Chopin Interdisciplinary Inquiries

Name: Age of Chopin Interdisciplinary Inquiries
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ISBN: 9780253216281

ISBN-10: 0253216281

ISBN-13: 9780253216281

Edition: 2004

Authors: Halina Goldberg

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This multidisciplinary collection addresses Chopin's life and ouvre in various cultural contexts of his era. Original essays by internationally known scholars suggest new connections between his compositions and the intellectual, literary, artistic and musical environs of Warsaw and Paris.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/7/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction : Chopin then and now : a fantasy




Chopin at home




Delacroix's portrait of Chopin as a surrogate self-portrait




The monument of Fryderyk Chopin by Waclaw Szymanowski : concepts and reality




"Remembering that tale of grief" : the prophetic voice in Chopin's music




Idiosyncrasies of phrase rhythm in Chopin's Mazurkas




Dance and the music of Chopin : the waltz




Chopiniana and music's contextual allusions




"Nuit plus belle qu'un beau jour" : poetry, song, and the voice in the piano nocturne




Gender and genius in postrevolutionary France : Chopin and Sand




Chopin's reception as reflected in nineteenth-century polish periodicals : general remarks




The Polish reception of Chopin's biography by Franz Liszt




Chopin and the "Polish race" : on national ideologies and the Chopin reception




"A composer known here but to few" : the reception and performance styles of Chopin's music in America, 1839-1900



Contributors


General index


Index of names