This Companion is designed to provide the enquiring music lover with helpful insights into a musical style that recognizes no contradictions between the accessible and the sophisticated, between the popular and the significant.
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"...each article rewards careful reading, and the whole book forms a praiseworthy contribution to the analytical literature on Chopin." Notes
"Not just another series of collected essays about Chopin, these 12 pieces were obviously put together with a great amount of care and expertise....Highly recommended for all music collections...." Choice
"Not just another series of collected essays about Chopin, these 12 pieces were obviously put together with a great amount of care and expertise....Highly recommended for all music collections...." Choice
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This collection of essays is designed to provide the enquiring music lover with helpful insights into a musical style that recognizes no contradictions between the accessible and the sophisticated, as well as the popular and the significant.
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Biography is a discipline sufficient to itself, and one which presents formidable intellectual challenges. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nocturne style, early nocturnes, four mazurkas, structural momentum, grande polonaise brillante, first ballade, fourth ballade, second ballade, two nocturnes, minor polonaise, tonal foundation, ternary design, tonal setting, tonal architecture, mature music, women pianists, piano etudes, leading pianists, secondary section, major prelude, minor concerto, brilliant style, concert programmes, concert repertoire, concert studies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Field, Jim Samson, Anton Rubinstein, Chopin's Barcarolle, Clara Schumann, Grande Polonaise, Louis Adam, Polish Airs, Alan Walker, Eighth Barcarolle, Moriz Rosenthal, Pan Tadeusz, August Kahlert, New Grand, Philharmonic Society New!
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Biography is a discipline sufficient to itself, and one which presents formidable intellectual challenges. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nocturne style, early nocturnes, four mazurkas, structural momentum, grande polonaise brillante, first ballade, fourth ballade, second ballade, two nocturnes, minor polonaise, tonal foundation, ternary design, tonal setting, tonal architecture, mature music, women pianists, piano etudes, leading pianists, secondary section, major prelude, minor concerto, brilliant style, concert programmes, concert repertoire, concert studies Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Field, Jim Samson, Anton Rubinstein, Chopin's Barcarolle, Clara Schumann, Grande Polonaise, Louis Adam, Polish Airs, Alan Walker, Eighth Barcarolle, Moriz Rosenthal, Pan Tadeusz, August Kahlert, New Grand, Philharmonic Society New!
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- The Music of Chopin (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Jim Samson on 14 pages
- Chopin Studies by Jim Samson on 8 pages
- School of Practical Composition by Carl Czerny on 4 pages
- New Grove Dictionary by Sadie in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sonata Forms (Revised Edition) by Charles Rosen on page 61, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Chopin Studies 2 (Cambridge Composer Studies) (Vol 2) by John Rink on 8 pages
- Chopin: The Four Ballades (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Jim Samson on 5 pages
- The Age of Chopin: Interdisciplinary Inquiries by Halina Goldberg on page 257, page 305, and Back Matter
- Chopin's Funeral by Benita Eisler in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano: Unlocking the Masters Series by Victor Lederer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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