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Fryderyk Chopin : a life and times

Walker, Alan, 1930- author

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\"The most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English in more than a century. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., it is a corrective work intended to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin, and an intimate look into a dramatic life. Of particular focus are Chopin's childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with the latest scholarly findings; his oftentimes troubled romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years; and his untimely death at age thirty-nine, which inspired three thousand people to flock to the Madeleine Church in Paris for his funeral. Thorough and engaging, and written in highly readable prose, Fryderyk Chopin wears its scholarship lightly: this is a book suited as much for the professional pianist as it is for the casual music lover\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Subject: Chopin, Frâedâeric, 1810-1849. / Composers Biography.
• ISBN: 9780374159061

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ML410.C54 W18 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE