The Parisian Worlds of Frederic Chopin - Hardcover

Atwood, William G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300077734 ISBN 13: 9780300077735

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1999

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Book by Atwood Dr William G

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In 1831, Chopin stopped in Paris on his way to London, fleeing his native Warsaw after Russia's brutal repression of an insurrection there. Entranced by the lively social and artistic scene in the city, the musician remained there until his death in 1849. In this engaging book, William Atwood recreates the Paris that Chopin knew, providing vivid details about its places, people, and politics, and showing how these affected the sensitive musician during an enormously fruitful period in his career.Drawing on many contemporary sources, Atwood brings to life the musicians, writers, artists, courtesans, salon hostesses, politicians, doctors, businessmen, and messianic Polish emigres who lived in Paris. He describes the theaters, music halls, and salons of Paris as well as its less glamorous worlds filled with the political conflicts and economic fluctuations of the July Monarchy. He tells about the city's newly awakened social consciousness and the philosophers and writers (including George Sand) who fostered it. The book sheds brilliant new light on both Paris and Chopin and will be delightful reading for lovers of the city or the musician.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0300077734
• ISBN 13: 9780300077735
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 474