Chopin : the man and his music / Herbert Weinstock.
| Author/creator | Weinstock, Herbert |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | [1st edition]. |
| Publication Info | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. |
| Description | x, 336, xxii pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The man -- The music -- Appendix A: Works without opus numbers -- Appendix B: Chopin's birth registry and baptismal certificate -- Appendix C: Genealogy of Chopin. |
| Abstract | Frédéric Chopin died in 1849. He is universally regarded as the greatest of composers for the piano. And it has become possible to regard his brief, varied, tragic life as a whole, to tell it so that it stands in the full light of his time and ours, so that the biography and the music clarify each other. The author has written a book of double interest and usefulness--a full-length biography taking advantage of modern research, a history and analysis of every known surviving composition. For many years to come, this will be the standard and definite work on Chopin in English. |
| Bibliography note | "The music": pages 165-328. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-336) and index. |
| LCCN | 49007744 |