Arguing that the familiar romantic image of Frederic Chopin masks the inner turmoil of a man largely out of sympathy with his age, Jeremy Siepmann offers a revealing portrait of this most beloved of all nineteenth-century composers. He draws extensively on the correspondence and diaries of Chopin and his intimate friends, as well as on contemporary accounts, and incorporates into his narrative penetrating discussions of the composer's extraordinary transformation of such genres as the polonaise, mazurka, and waltz.
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"It is the virtue of this biography that Siepmann has woven the story of Chopin's life sufficiently into his estimation of the music that one emerges with a much clearer understanding of the music within its own time, as well as of its influence over subsequent composers." -- Literary Review
"This is the first major biography of Chopin to appear in many years, and it is valuable and enjoyable." -- -American Record Guide
"This is the first major biography of Chopin to appear in many years, and it is valuable and enjoyable." -- -American Record Guide
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Fine work for learning to know and love the poet of piano,
By LAURA (MADRID, MADRID Espana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Chopin, the Reluctant Romantic (Hardcover)
I must confess that at the begining I felt a little awkward, as if I were prying in the most intimate details of the life of this great composer, but Siepmann knows wisely how to separe, to analyse and then to combine again this two aspects of his life: the man and the musician, to shows us how both aspects explain to each other. Besides the author gives us a great deal of complementary information, as a calendar of Chopin's life an times, a list of the best pianists who played and recorded his marveluos music and another list in which he includes a brief biography of some people named in the book and that were of some influence in the life of our "hero". And of course, a lot of photos and documents, so I egarly recomend this book.
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