Simply Chopin
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Simply Chopin

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Born in a small town near Warsaw, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was a musical prodigy who began giving public concerts and composed his first piano pieces at the age of seven. Following studies at the Warsaw Conservatory, he left his native Poland in 1830, eventually settling in Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. There he cultivated friendships with prominent musicians and intellectuals of the period and quickly achieved renown as a virtuoso performer and pioneering composer. However, by 1842, his lifelong health issues had become increasingly serious, and his brilliant career went into a precipitous decline, concluding with his untimely death at the age of thirty-nine.

In Simply Chopin, Dr. William Smialek presents an accessible and revealing portrait of a musical genius, including his artistic development, his tempestuous love life, and his towering artistic achievements. Relating Chopin's life story to his historical place and time, Dr. Smialek intimately chronicles his influences and significant relationships, in particular, his long love affair with the writer George Sand. The book also draws on recent research to explore the compositional technique displayed in Chopin's piano compositions, with commentary on his most important works.

Intended for a general readership, Simply Chopin is both a lucid introduction to a giant of classical music and an insightful look at a key moment in musical history, as nineteenth-century Europe turned toward Romanticism and the powerful idea of nationalism.

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Publisher
Simply Charly
Year
2018
ISBN
9781943657490
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Other Great Lives
  6. Preface
  7. Series Editor's Foreword
  8. Portrait of Frédéric Chopin at 25
  9. Early Years
  10. Education and Coming of Age 1825-1830
  11. Exit from Warsaw 1831-1838
  12. Chopin and Sand 1839-1847
  13. Illness and Final Years 1848
  14. Chopin’s Legacy
  15. Sources
  16. Suggested Reading
  17. About the Author
  18. A Word from the Publisher