Frederic Chopin : his life and letters / by Moritz Karasowski ; translated by Emily Hill.

Author/creator Karasowski, Maurycy
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, [1970]
Descriptionxiii, 479 pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleFrederic Chopin. English. Hill. 1938
Contents Nicholas Chopin's family and friends. Zwyny Elsner -- Frederic's childhood. His first appearance in public ; Improvisations ; Polish national songs -- Chopin's early manhood. His first journey ; His relations with Prince Anton Radziwill -- The journey to Berlin. An incident of the return journey to Warsaw -- Journey to Vienna, Prague, Teplitz, Dresden ; Chopin's performance at two concerts in Vienna -- Influence of the last journey on Chopin. Farewell concert in Warsaw ; Chopin leaves his native city -- Chopin's stay in Breslau, Dresden, Prague, Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart ; The insurrection in Warsaw -- Stay in Paris. Chopin proposes to receive instruction from Kalkbrenner ; Chopin's desire to go to America not realized ; He resolves to return to Warsaw ; Soiree at Rothschild's -- Chopin's continued stay in Paris. Trip to Aix-la-chapelle, Carlsbad, Marienbad, Dresden and Leipzig ; Visit to Mendelssohn and Schumann -- Chopin's acquaintance with George Sand. His life among his friends ; Winter sojourn in the island of Majorca -- Return to Paris. Moscheles and Liszt ; Chopin as a pianoforte teacher -- Domestic sorrows. Breach with George Sand ; Journey to England ; Return to Paris ; Chopin's illness and death -- Chopin as a man -- Chopin as a composer -- Appendix. Letters written by Chopin to Grzymala.
General noteReprint of the 3rd edition, 1938.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteList of Chopin's works: pages 409-420.
LCCN 70104285
ISBN0837139686

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.C54 K3 1970 ✔ Available Place Hold