Chopin in Paris : the life and times of the romantic composer / Tad Szulc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szulc, Tad.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.

Chopin, Frédéric.

Composers--Biography.

Composers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Da Capo Press, 2000.

Summary:

Born in Poland in 1810, Chopin emigrated to Vienna at age eighteen -- and then to Paris, where from 1831 to 1849 he would spend almost half of his brief and tumultuous life. In Paris his extraordinary powers would reach their height and he would shine among the immensely talented writers, painters, and musicians who were working there and defining their era. Chopin's other acquaintances ranged from Rothschild to Marx -- and it was here that he began his long and stormy relationship with the novelist George Sand. In Chopin in Paris -- a New York Times Notable Book -- Tad Szulc brings to life this complex, contradictory genius, and re-creates an unsurpassed epoch of European history, culture, and music.

Contents:

Prelude 17

Andante: 1810-1837 25

Rondo: 1837-1847 143

Coda: 1847-1849 347

Postlude 405.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-421) and index.

ISBN:

0306809338

9780306809330

OCLC:

42289720

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