Life of Chopin

by Franz Liszt

Overview

Written by the Polish composer's friend and fellow artist, this memoir offers a highly informed assessment of Chopin's musical legacy. It also explores his social circle, which included Sand, Balzac, Hugo, Berlioz, Delacroix, and Schumann.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486446257
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	12/27/2005
Series:	Dover Books on Music Series
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.33(w) x 8.24(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Composer, conductor, and teacher Franz Liszt (1811–86) was renowned throughout Europe for his skills as a concert pianist. The quintessential romantic, he created an extensive and diverse oeuvre that ranges from influential experiments in musical form to more conventional pieces as well as transcriptions of works by other composers.

Table of Contents

Dedication
Preface
Chapter I. Chopin--Style and Improvements--The Adagio of the Second Concerto--Funeral March--Psychological Character of the Compositions of Chopin
Chapter II. National Character of the Polonaise--Oginsky--Meyseder--Weber--Chopin--His Polonaise in F sharp Minor--Polonaise Fantaisie
Chapter III. Chopin's Mazourkas--Polish Ladies--Mazourka in Poland Tortured Motives--Early Life of Chopin--Zal
Chapter IV. Chopin's Mode of Playing--Concerts--The Elite--Fading Bouquets and Immortal Crowns--Hospitality--Heine--Meyerbeer--Adolphe Nourrit--Eugène Delacroix--Niemcevicz--Mickiewicz--George Sand
Chapter V. The Lives of Artists--Pure Fame of Chopin--Reserve--Classic and Romantic Art--Language of the Slavs--Chopin's Love of Home--Memories
Chapter VI. Birth and Early Life of Chopin--National Artists--Chopin Embodies in Himself the Poetic Sense of his Whole Nation--Opinion of Beethoven
Chapter VII. Madame Sand--Lélia--Visit to Majorca--Exclusive Ideals
Chapter VIII. Disappointment--Ill Health--Visit to England--Devotion of Friends--Last Sacraments--Delphine Potocka--Louise--M. Gutman--Death