Chasing Chopin : A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions Hardback
by Annik LaFarge
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The Frederic Chopin Annik LaFarge presents here is not the melancholy, sickly, romantic figure so often portrayed.
The artist she discovered is, instead, a purely independent spirit: an innovator who created a new musical language, an autodidact who became a spiritually generous, trailblazing teacher, a stalwart patriot during a time of revolution and exile. In Chasing Chopin she follows in his footsteps during the three years, 1837-1840, when he composed his iconic "Funeral March"-using its composition story to illuminate the key themes of his life: a deep attachment to his Polish homeland; his complex relationship with writer George Sand; their harrowing but consequential sojourn on Majorca; the rapidly developing technology of the piano, which enabled his unique tone and voice; social and political revolution in 1830s Paris.
Each of these threads-musical, political, social, personal-is woven through the "Funeral March" in Chopin's Opus 35 sonata, a melody so famous it's known around the world even to people who know nothing about classical music. The result is an engrossing, page-turning work of musical discovery and an artful portrayal of a man whose work and life continue to inspire artists and cultural innovators in astonishing ways.
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- Pages:240 pages, b&w photos thru-out; b&w endpapers
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:03/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781501188718
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages, b&w photos thru-out; b&w endpapers
- Publisher:Simon & Schuster
- Publication Date:03/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781501188718