Chopin (Bibliophilic Print Issued on the 50th Anniversary of the Death of I.J. Paderewski)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Verlag: National Library & Polish Librarians Association, Warsaw, Poland, 1991

Beschreibung

Scarce oversized paperback, first postwar reprint with a French and English translation, no ISBN, 51pp + 6 pages of glossy b&w plates + 3-page facsimile of a signed handwritten letter by Paderewski. Cancelled stamps, else interior is clean and bright with unmarked text. Signs of gentle wear, a crease in the lower outer corner of the front cover and first leaves. -- Contents: Wstep / Andrzej Piber; Przedmowa do przemowienia Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego we Lwowie ku czci Chopina / Jerzy Jasienski; Chopin: [Mowa wygloszona w 1910 roku]; Avant-propos / Andrzej Piber; À la mémoire de Frédéric Chopin: [Discours prononcé le 23 octobre 1910 à.] / Ignacy Paderewski [traduction de Paul Cazin]; Preface / Andrzej Piber; Foreword; Chopin: A Discourse [Speech Delivered in Lemberg, Austrian Poland, on 23rd October 1910] / I.J. Paderewski [translated by Katarzyna Diehl] -- A tribute paid to Chopin's music, as ever full of splendour and glory, and a testimony of deep admiration for Ignace Jan Paderewski. The publishers would like to bring to the readers' mind the figure of this man of genius, both a virtuoso pianist and outstanding statesman, one of the founders of the reborn Republic of Poland in 1918- 1920, and last but not least, one of the best orators in Poland's modern history. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009560

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Chopin (Bibliophilic Print Issued on the ...

Verlag: National Library & Polish Librarians Association, Warsaw, Poland

Erscheinungsdatum: 1991

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Good+