IN SEARCH OF CHOPIN
BY ALFRED CORTOT

PAGES: 272
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
IMPRINT: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER BOOKS ON MUSIC: COMPOSERS
PUBLICATION DATE: 20TH MARCH 2013
TRIM SIZE: 5.5 X 8.5 IN
ISBN: 9780486491073
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
MUSIC / ESSAYS
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS
MUSIC / GENRES & STYLES / CLASSICAL
MUSIC / INDIVIDUAL COMPOSER & MUSICIAN

DESCRIPTION:
-'ALTOGETHER, A SENSITIVE AND TASTEFUL DOCUMENT.' — LIBRARY JOURNAL
A SERIES OF THEMED ESSAYS RATHER THAN A TRADITIONAL BIOGRAPHY, THIS PROFILE OF THE POLISH COMPOSER AND VIRTUOSO PIANIST IS THE WORK OF A LEGENDARY CONDUCTOR AND PERFORMER. ALFRED CORTOT TAUGHT AT THE PARIS CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, CO-FOUNDED THE ÉCOLE NORMALE DE MUSIQUE DE PARIS, AND PRODUCED PRINTED VERSIONS OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF CHOPIN, SCHUMANN, AND DEBUSSY. IN THESE REVEALING CHRONICLES, CORTOT FOCUSES ON CHOPIN`S COMPOSITIONS AS WELL AS HIS PERFORMANCES AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.

-BEGINNING WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMPOSER`S PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, THE BOOK EXAMINES CHOPIN`S ROLE AS A TEACHER; HIS WORKS, AS REFLECTED BY HIS CORRESPONDENCE; HIS IDENTITY AS A POLISH NATIONALIST AND HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD FRANCE; AND HIS CONCERT PERFORMANCES. IT FURTHER EXPLORES HIS FRIENDSHIPS WITH LISZT AND DELACROIX AND HIS ROMANCE WITH GEORGE SAND, AS WELL AS THE COMPOSER`S CHRONIC ILLNESS AND THE EXPRESSION OF HIS TORMENTED, SENSITIVE NATURE IN HIS MUSIC.

-REPRINT OF THE PETER NEVILL LIMITED, LONDON, 1951 EDITION.