Binding: Paperback
Description: A new look at the life times and music of Polish composer and piano virtuoso Fryderyk Chopin Fryderyk Chopin (1810 49) although the most beloved of piano composers remains a contradictory figure an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic friends and listeners. Chopin and His World reexamines Chopin and his music in light of the cultural narratives formed during his lifetime. These include the romanticism of the ailing spirit tragically singing its death - song as life ebbs; the Polish expatriate helpless witness to the martyrdom of his beloved homeland exiled among friendly but uncomprehending strangers; the sorcerer - bard of dream memory and Gothic terror; and the pianist's pianist shunning the appreciative crowds yet composing and improvising idealized operas scenes dances and narratives in the shadow of virtuoso - idol Franz Liszt. The international Chopin scholars gathered here demonstrate the ways in which Chopin responded to and was understood to exemplify these narratives as an artist of his own time and one who transcended it. This collection also offers recently rediscovered artistic representations of his hands (with analysis) and for the first time in English an extended tribute to Chopin published in Poland upon his death and contemporary Polish writings contextualizing Chopin's compositional strategies. The contributors are Jonathan D. Bellman Leon Botstein Jean - Jacques Eigeldinger Halina Goldberg Jeffrey Kallberg David Kasunic Anatole Leikin Eric Mc Kee James Parakilas John Rink and Sandra P. Rosenblum. Contemporary documents by Karol Kurpi ski Adam Mickiewicz and J zef Sikorski are included.
Title: Chopin And His World
Brand: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691177762
Pages: 384 Pages, 20 Halftones. 10 Tables. 9 Musical Examples.
Publication Date: 8/15/2017
Series: The Bard Music Festival
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment