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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Walker, Alan (1930-....)
Titre(s) : Fryderyk Chopin [Texte imprimé] : a life and times / Alan Walker
Publication : London : Faber & Faber, 2018
Description matérielle : xxix, 727 pages : illustrations, cartes, musique ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Comprend le "General Catalogue of Chopin's Works (Listed in alphabetical order)" (page
680-694). - Comprend des références bibliographiques (pages 695-701) et un index
"Alan Walker's monumental Fryderk Chopin: A Life and Times is 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. Just as he did in his definitive biography of Franz Liszt, Walker illuminated
his subject with unprecedented clarity. This magisterial work brings to life one of
the nineteenth century's most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists"--Jacquette
Sujet(s) : Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780571348558. - ISBN 0571348556. - ISBN 9780571348572 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45675645g
Notice n° :
FRBNF45675645
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