Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer (Paperback)
| Author: Tad Szulc |
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Publish Date: 4/10/2007
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| First time in paperback: The acclaimed biography of Chopin focusing on his 18 years in Paris at the center of a dazzling circle that included Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Delacroix, List, Berlioz, and George Sand. |
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This book, cleverly divided into "Andante," "Rondo," and "Coda," chronicles the life of the Romantic composer Frederic Chopin. The author focuses on the 18 years the composer spent in Paris, prefacing his experiences with a discussion of the European Romanticism that was coming to fruition there. Highlights include Chopin's Polish-French upbringing and his seven-year affair with the writer George Sand. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
This book, cleverly divided into "Andante," "Rondo," and "Coda," chronicles the life of the Romantic composer Frederic Chopin. The author focuses on the 18 years the composer spent in Paris, prefacing his experiences with a discussion of the European Romanticism that was coming to fruition there. Highlights include Chopin's Polish-French upbringing and his seven-year affair with the writer George Sand. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
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"Despite stylistic weaknesses, Szulc's book offers a readable account of the most creative period of Chopin's life and of the many geniuses he rubbed shoulders with. He also gives a particularly fine impression of the startling effect that Chopin the pianist had upon his listeners". 03/01/1998 Los Angeles Times Book Review
"'Chopin in Paris' is a sober, well-researched and carefully constructed chronicle of the events and experiences that figured most prominently in the composer's life, at once a biography of the artist and a history of the social setting within which his art emerged. Without doing much to elucidate Chopin's music, it sheds new light on the man and his milieu." - Ted Libbey 04/26/1998
"Despite stylistic weaknesses, Szulc's book offers a readable account of the most creative period of Chopin's life and of the many geniuses he rubbed shoulders with. He also gives a particularly fine impression of the startling effect that Chopin the pianist had upon his listeners". 03/01/1998 Los Angeles Times Book Review
"'Chopin in Paris' is a sober, well-researched and carefully constructed chronicle of the events and experiences that figured most prominently in the composer's life, at once a biography of the artist and a history of the social setting within which his art emerged. Without doing much to elucidate Chopin's music, it sheds new light on the man and his milieu." - Ted Libbey 04/26/1998
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