This listing is for Chopin: His life and Times Paperback 1978 by Ateş Orga.
Title: Chopin: His life and Times
Author: Ateş Orga
Publisher: Midas Books; Revised 2nd Edition (1978)
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Softcover
Language: English
Pages: 144
Condition: Very Good, Clean Text
Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket
Edition: Revised 2nd Edition
Includes bibliographical references and index:
Childhood --
At the Warsaw Conservatoire --
Travels and farewell to Poland --
New horizons --
Paris I --
Paris II --
Interlude --
George Sand --
Swan song --
England --
March funèbre
A biography of the Polish composer and pianist set against the political and historical background of Poland and France of his time. Chopin: his LIfe and Times sets this great composer and pianist against the political and historical background of Poland and France of his time. Detailed are accounts of Chopin's friends and intimates, including Berlioz, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Delacroix, Mickiewicz, and (of course) George Sand. Chopin's failures as well as his triumphs are accurately recalled and documented, often through Chopin's own letters and notebooks. The text is complemented with a number of contemporary paintings and engravings showing people and places of Chopin's life, and copious use is made of notices and manuscripts of Chopin's performances and compositions--making this highly readable book attractive to musicologists, pianists, and general readers alike.
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