| Soul Fingers Biography Hal Leonard 29.99 GBP - Sold by Musicroom UK Pre-shipment lead time: In Stock | |
| Rethinking Reich:
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| John Kruth: Rhapsody in
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Biography Biography [Book] Backbeat Books
The Life and Music of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside hi...(+)
The Life and Music of Roy Orbison. Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside his Sun Records contemporaries in the early days of rock 'n' roll. He did not possess the good looks of Elvis Presley or the everyman toughness of Johnny Cash, nor did he conduct wild-child stage antics like Jerry Lee Lewis. But he did possess a magnetic
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| Rethinking Reich:
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| Anna Schieren: Wir
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Spannende Geschichten und viel Musik
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| Scriabin A Biography:
Second Revised Edition:
Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Scriabin A Biography: Second Revised Edition
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| Chopin: The Man and His
Music: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
James Gibbon Huneker (1857-1921) was a distinguished American newspaper critic, ...(+)
James Gibbon Huneker (1857-1921) was a distinguished American newspaper critic, an essayist, and a prolific author. His writing style is remarkable ? unrestrained, informal, full of brilliant insight ? and this style plus Huneker's wide knowledge of art and literature as well as music has kept his literacy work alive. Chopin: The Man and His Music reflects the intimate, thorough knowledge of Chopin's music that Huneker acquired while studying to be a concert pianist and his unusually keen insight into the character of the great Polish composer whose music he adored. The book is divided into two parts. The first treats Chopin's life ? his youth in Poland, his emigration to Paris, the famous George Sand episode, his sickness and death ? and comments on Chopin as a teacher and as a pianist and performer. The second part discusses the entire body of Chopin's music, piece by piece. Huneker notes his own overall impression of the individual compositions as well as the impressions of Schumann, George Sand, Chopin's biographer Frederick Niecks, many of the great pianists, and others. He directly compares differing editions of Chopin's Études, Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Sonatas, and other works edited by von Bülow, Kullak, Riemann, Mikuli, and Godowsky in their detailed treatment of fingering, phrasing, pedaling, tempo indication, and so forth. Huneker's entire work is reprinted here unchanged, thoroughly edited in running footnotes by Herbert Weinstock to correct the exuberant Huneker's inaccuracies and to add information that modern musical scholarship has unearthed. Weinstock has also provided an engrossing introductory essay on Huneker, and has amplified the bibliography to include modern books and articles on Chopin. A classic in musical biography and commentary, this work is unsurpassed for sympathetic understanding and insight into Chopin's life and music. It will interest equally music students, pianists, and music lovers.
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| Alex van Halen: Modern
Drummer Legends: Alex Van
Halen: Biography Biography Modern Drummer Publications
Modern Drummer Legends: Alex Van Halen
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| Faubion Bowers: Scriabin
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| Kurt Cobain: Montage Of
Heck Biography Omnibus Press
Written by Brett Morgen with Richard Bienstock, Cobain: Montage Of Heck is a tru...(+)
Written by Brett Morgen with Richard Bienstock, Cobain: Montage Of Heck is a true goldmine of exclusive material collected and created for the acclaimed documentary. Delving further into the interviews, art and photography used in the film, this book is the perfect companion piece to the definitive film on this genuine legend's life.Even if you haven't yet seen the film, or you've loved it and have been left wanting more, Cobain: Montage Of Heck will definitely quench your thirst for all things Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. The legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist has gone down in history as almost a mythically brilliant voice of a generation, turning late 20th century angst into electrifying rock music. Brett Morgen's Montage Of Heck documentary was fully authorised by the Cobain family, after his widow Courtney Love approached him with the idea for the film.Getting exclusive access to Cobain's personal and family archives was an unprecedented achievement, allowing Morgen to delve deeply into home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, demos and journals, presenting an intimate portrait of Cobain's personal life as well as his astonishing artistry. The exclusive interviews in the film have provided fans with incredible insight into Cobain's life, featuring words from all the key figures like Courtney Love, Krist Novoselic, and his parents. Included in this book are extended versions of these interviews, giving unbridled vision into his life and work, told by the people who knew him best.Accompanying these interviews are some incredible and often never-before-seen visuals including animation stills from the films, personal art, candid photography and other treasures from his personal archive. Looking at these visuals, readers will find a true sense of the tortured genius, the artist who achieved enormous success and almost demi-god status yet still struggled with his personal, all-too-human demons. Since Cobain's tragic death, fans have been left with nothing but his music and an overwhelming amount of press rumours and cinema speculation. Now, Cobain: Montage Of Heck and the accompanying documentary provides the most definitive insight into the real man behind the musical legend.For nearly everyone who is interested in popular music, this book is absolutely fascinating. Cobain's boundary-pushing art has almost been overshadowed by rumour, but this book thankfully restores both to their rightful place, setting examples of his boundless creativity alongside authorised truths from the people who knew him intimately. Cobain: Montage Of Heck is sure to be seen as a true classic of rock biography. / Livre
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
Volume I: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume I. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ...(+)
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume I. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically everything that is known of the composer's life: his ancestry, his immediate family, his associations, his employers, and the countless occasions on which his musical genius emerged. Author Philipp Spitta accompanies this biographical material with quotations from primary sources: correspondence, family records, diaries, official documents, and more. In addition to biographical data, Spitta reviews Bach's musical production, with analyses of more than 500 pieces, covering all the important works. More than 450 musical excerpts are included in the main text, and a 43-page musical supplement illustrates longer passages. Despite the scholarly nature of this work, it also has the rare distinction of being a study that can be read with considerable enjoyment and great profit by every serious music lover, with or without a substantial background in the history of music or musical theory.
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| Kerst Krehbiel:
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
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Johann Sebastian Bach Volume III
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| Johann Sebastian Bach
Volume II: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach...(+)
Johann Sebastian Bach Volume II. This monumental study of Johann Sebastian Bach ranks among the great classics of musicology. Since its first publication in 1873-80, it has remained the basic work on Bach and the foundation of later research and study. The three-part treatment describes in chronological sequence practically everything that is known of the composer's life: his ancestry, his immediate family, his associations, his employers, and the countless occasions on which his musical genius emerged. Author Philipp Spitta accompanies this biographical material with quotations from primary sources: correspondence, family records, diaries, official documents, and more. In addition to biographical data, Spitta reviews Bach's musical production, with analyses of more than 500 pieces, covering all the important works. More than 450 musical excerpts are included in the main text, and a 43-page musical supplement illustrates longer passages. Despite the scholarly nature of this work, it also has the rare distinction of being a study that can be read with considerable enjoyment and great profit by every serious music lover, with or without a substantial background in the history of music or musical theory.
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| Chad Smith: Modern
Drummer Legends::
Reference Biography [Book] Modern Drummer Publications
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith. Chad Smith's career has been well documented,...(+)
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith. Chad Smith's career has been well documented, and his five Modern Drummer cover features have provided a detailed commentary and an array of unique photos. All of this is collected in Chad Smith Legends. But there is a lot that Chad hasn't talked about ... yet. A brand-new interview breaks down his approach like never before. He talks about his favorite music, the roots of Detroit drumming, and the importance of playing music with absolute conviction. Chad talks about the differences between playing in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot, and on his many sessions. Apart from Chad's own words, Chad Smith Legends also includes 12 new drum transcriptions. Within these 112 pages with color throughout, music lovers and musicians alike will be inspired by Chad's thoughts on music, his drumming peers and influences, his equipment, and never-before-seen photos from his own collection.
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| Naomi Graber: Kurt
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| Andres Segovia In Italia:
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L'Attivita Concertistica dal 1926 al 1985
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| Lion, Jean Pierre : Bix -
Bix Beiderbecke, une
biographie Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Les Éditions Outre Mesure publient avec Bix la première biographie en...(+)
Les Éditions Outre Mesure publient avec Bix la première biographie en langue française du cornettiste de jazz Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931).
Cet artiste singulier, au parcours fulgurant et mouvementé, est souvent reconnu comme le premier grand jazzman blanc. Personnage paradoxal, discret autant que résolu, sa fragilité s?impose comme une évidence : il a ouvert la voie à une expression intimiste et ciselée, donnant accès à un univers sonore qui privilégie, face à la clarté fougueuse d?Armstrong par exemple, la nuance et la demi-teinte. Ce relâchement influencera plusieurs générations de musiciens, de Lester Young à Boris Vian. Précocement disparu au terme d?une auto-destruction lente et irrémédiable ? qui en fera la première « légende » du jazz ?, Bix Beiderbecke a inspiré le personnage du Jeune homme à la trompette de Dorothy Baker en 1938, et du film qu?en a tiré Michael Curtiz.
Au-delà de la biographie et du « portrait social » des États-Unis des années 1920, cette étude permet de replacer un groupe important de jeunes jazzmen blancs dans les rangs des pionniers de cette musique métissée, à côté des musiciens noirs qui les ont accompagnés dans cette création.
Cet ouvrage est le premier livre de son auteur, Jean Pierre Lion, qui s?est immergé plusieurs années durant au c?ur de son sujet. Aucun lieu, aucun témoignage, et bien sûr aucun enregistrement, article ou ouvrage en rapport avec Bix Beiderbecke qui n?ait fait l?objet d?une investigation directe. L?ouvrage est enrichi d?annexes et de documents parfois exclusifs (dont une discographie exhaustive du musicien), ainsi que d?une riche iconographie composée de nombreuses photographies inédites. / Livre / Agrafé /
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| A. Orenstein: Man And
Musician: Biography Biography Dover Publications
Ravel's musical achievements as well as his life and times are brilliantly recre...(+)
Ravel's musical achievements as well as his life and times are brilliantly recreated in this masterly biography originally published in 1975.The standard Ravel biography by the world's foremost authority â?? brilliantly detailed and documented filled with quotations from letters interviews with the composer's friends an illuminating analysis of each of his works a study of his musical esthetics and language a complete catalog of his works and a discography.Includes 48 illustrations.
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| Cotro, Vincent (dir.) :
John Coltrane - L??uvre
et son empreinte Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
L?influence du saxophoniste John Coltrane ne se limite pas au cercle de...(+)
L?influence du saxophoniste John Coltrane ne se limite pas au cercle de musiciens qui ont eu la chance de le côtoyer ou de l?entendre, ni même à la constellation formée par ceux qui ont assimilé et prolongé ses découvertes jusqu?à nos jours. Son impact s?étend au-delà du jazz et de la musique elle-même, reflet d?une curiosité jamais assouvie plaçant sa vie comme son ?uvre sous le signe d?une seule et même quête.
Venant compléter la biographie de John Coltrane par Lewis Porter (dont l?édition française est parue dans la même collection), cet ensemble de textes est le fruit d?une rencontre entre des musiciens et chercheurs internationaux issus de différentes disciplines.
Cette diversité des angles de réflexion et des analyses apporte un éclairage nouveau sur les mécanismes intimes d?une création en perpétuel mouvement, où se télescopent le blues et la musique savante, l?Inde et l?Espagne. Elle permet aussi de dégager une cohérence, des lignes de force, et de découvrir l?unité primordiale qui se cache sous la rapide évolution stylistique du créateur de Blue Train, Giant Steps ou Ascension. Actes du colloque international « John Coltrane (1926-1967) : l??uvre et son empreinte » (Université François-Rabelais, Tours, 26-27 novembre 2007). / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Maria Callas - A Musical
Biography: Reference
Books: Biography Biography Hal Leonard
Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her s...(+)
Maria Callas was almost as famous for her personal life - her jet-setting her staggering weight loss her tigress-like temperament - as she was for her singing.Of Greek parentage the New York-born internationally famous Callas was the most influential soprano of the 20th century reviving a school of singing - bel canto - that had been forgotten for 75 years. Unlike most of her generation of sopranos she was a superb actress both vocally and physically: her voice encompassed many colours and she embodied each character she portrayed. After seeing or hearing her in a role it was said it was difficult to imagine another singer attempting it so fierce was herindividual stamp. Her status went beyond cult; her triumphs and failures appeared on the front page of newspapers all over the world.This profusely illustrated musical biography covers Callas's life and career. A final third of the book analyzes the tracks on the two CDs describing what made Callas unique what made Callas Callas. Listen for yourselves to La Divina ('the divine one') as the Italians dubbed her and be amazed.
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| Porter, Lewis : John
Coltrane - Sa vie, sa
musique Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Avec « le Lewis Porter » sur John Coltrane, la bibliographie sur le j...(+)
Avec « le Lewis Porter » sur John Coltrane, la bibliographie sur le jazz en langue française s?enrichit d?un titre de référence, unanimement salué outre-Atlantique au moment de sa sortie (1999 aux Presses de l?Université du Michigan).
Après L?Improvisation, sa nature et sa pratique dans la musique de Derek Bailey et Free Jazz d?Ekkehard Jost, il s?agit du troisième texte majeur sur le jazz et les musiques improvisées proposé en traduction française originale par la collection Contrepoints. Cette politique éditoriale de traduction répond, dans ces trois cas, à une véritable demande de la part d?un lectorat qui s?élargit depuis plusieurs années en direction des musiciens, étudiants en musicologie ou élèves des écoles de jazz et des conservatoires.
Largement attendue par les amateurs comme par les spécialistes, l?édition française de l?ouvrage de Lewis Porter coïncide avec le quarantième anniversaire de la disparition du saxophoniste (1926-1967) couramment identifié comme l?un des derniers maîtres historiques du jazz, voire comme l?ultime dépositaire de sa modernité.
Tributaire d?une tradition remontant au Swing puis au Bebop (à travers l?influence de Johnny Hodges puis celle de Charlie Parker), Coltrane n?en est pas moins au c?ur du free jazz qu?il a en grande partie inspiré et dont il s?est lui-même nourri en ses dernières années.
L?auteur, pianiste et musicologue, enseignant et chercheur (fondateur et responsable du prestigieux Masters Program in Jazz History and Research à la Rutgers Université de Newark) s?est appuyé sur les travaux de ses prédécesseurs, notamment C.O. Simpkins et J.C. Thomas (1975), tout en comblant leurs nombreuses lacunes par de nouvelles et complètes investigations (archives, presse périodique, témoignages de proches et de musiciens, etc.) et de nombreuses analyses musicales détaillées.
Respectant l?imbrication étroite, chez tout musicien de jazz, du vécu personnel et du contexte social, des étapes et rebonds de la carrière et de la production musicale proprement dite, Porter conduit le lecteur vers une compréhension en profondeur des mécanismes de création observables chez Coltrane, musicien intègre, inquiet, hanté par le dépassement de lui-même.
Le livre comporte de nombreux exemples musicaux et reproductions de documents ainsi qu?une iconographie, pour l?essentiel inédite jusqu?alors. Il est complété par une chronologie de la carrière de Coltrane, la plus détaillée disponible à ce jour, ainsi que d?éléments indispensables de discographie, bibliographie et index.
La traduction de Vincent Cotro, lui-même collègue de l?auteur, musicologue et auteur de nombreux textes sur le jazz, rend justice aux exigences tant littéraires que musicales et techniques qui caractérisent ce livre indispensable. / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Granjon, Fabien : Les
UZ-topies de Bernard
Lubat. Dialogiques Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Les UZ-topies de Bernard Lubat est principalement constitué de matéri...(+)
Les UZ-topies de Bernard Lubat est principalement constitué de matériaux empiriques qui ont été récoltés à l?aide d?une quinzaine d?entretiens menés entre octobre 2015 et février 2016.
L?ouvrage propose un condensé raisonné du projet que Bernard Lubat mène à Uzeste depuis qu?il est revenu s?y installer, voilà maintenant près de quarante ans.
Souvent interrogé sur sa pratique musicale, les relations qu?il entretient avec ses fidèles Âpartenaires de jeu, ou encore ses « ébouriffantes années parisiennes », il est nettement plus rare qu?il soit précisément questionné sur le dessein politique accompagnant son transartistisme.
Pourtant, Bernard Lubat est bien ce zoon politikon pour qui l?art est une médiation essentielle en ce qu?elle permet, avec d?autres moyens, de se lancer sur les chemins de l?émancipation.
L?amusique « d?ici d?en bas » n?a en effet vocation ni à divertir, ni à ornementer, ni à célébrer, mais à prendre (sa) pleine part à l?édification d?un front culturel de résistance populaire. / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Fargeton, ?Pierre :
Mi-figue, mi-raisin.
Hugues Panassié - André
Hodeir, correspondance de
deux frères ennemis
(1940-1948) suivi de
Exégèse d?un
théologien du jazz. La
pensée d?Hugues
Panassié en son temps Français Biography [Book] Outre Mesure
Brocardé en « Pape de Montauban » (Boris Vian), discrédité comme Â...(+)
Brocardé en « Pape de Montauban » (Boris Vian), discrédité comme « doctrinaire » (André Hodeir), révéré comme « l?ange gardien » du jazz (Mezz Mezzrow), Hugues Panassié n?a pas mobilisé le lexique religieux par hasard.
Fervent lecteur dans ses jeunes années de Charles Maurras et de Jacques Maritain, activiste traditionnaliste contre l?hérésie moderne de Vatican II en son âge mûr, Panassié fut un de ces « catholiques exacts » de la trempe d?un Léon Bloy ? son écrivain préféré ?, traversant sûr de sa vérité controverses, anathèmes et disgrâces.
Comment l?amour fou de cet « intoxiqué du jazz » pour une musique dont les hérauts étaient noirs et étatsuniens s?est-il ajusté à l?environnement idéologique embrouillé des années 1930 qui l?ont vu naître et aux reconfigurations intellectuelles et politiques qui les ont suivies ? Au prix de quelles contorsions inattendues, transferts improbables et batailles acharnées, Panassié a-t-il pu, fort d'un rapport au monde à la fois traditionnaliste et non-conformiste, réactionnaire et visionnaire, vindicatif et communicatif, établir de façon si éclatante et si contagieuse un mythe du « vrai jazz » qui a puissamment façonné l?imaginaire de plusieurs générations de jazzophiles ?
C?est ce à quoi s?attache cette exégèse, instruite par une somme de documents d?archives inexplorés (correspondances, journal, articles oubliés), et précédée des lettres d?Hugues Panassié à André Hodeir ? ces deux figures antagonistes de la critique qui ont longtemps structuré l?historiographie du jazz en France. / Livre / Agrafé /
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| Jean-Philippe Rameau:
Jean-Philippe Rameau: His
Life and Work: Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
The definitive biography and critical study of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) ...(+)
The definitive biography and critical study of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) this volume deals at length not only with with the composer's musical achievements but also with aspects of his life and workthat made him one of the most important cultural figures in eighteenth-century France. Fascinating incidents include his central position in a musical controversy that excited the enmity of Rousseau Diderot and theEncyclopedists; his friendship and collaboration with Voltaire; and his position as the author of a treatise on harmony that endured for two centuries. This critical evaluation focuses chiefly on Rameau's musical works devoting entire chapters to his operas and ballets as well as his chamber music cantatas and motets and minor works. Additional topics include his links to Lully his influence on Gluck and the nature and importance of hisacoustic and harmonic theories. Supplements include more than 300 musical examples numerous useful approaches indexes an extensive bibliography and a new introduction by the distinguished musicologist and historian PhilipGossett.
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| Franz Liszt: Life Of
Chopin: Biography Biography Dover Publications
He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would ...(+)
He lived in the shadow of death painfully aware of the tuberculosis that would kill him prematurely. But Frédéric Chopin attained immortality with his Piano works which endure as pinnacles of the instrument's repertoire. This biography by one of the nineteenth century's foremost pianists--Chopin's friend and fellow artist Franz Liszt--offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It is further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends who constituted the very cream of Parisian intellectual and artistic society.Born a year apart Chopin andLiszt came of age in an era favorable to musical change when audiences as well as performers were receptive to Romanticism's innovations. Liszt surveys the technical brilliance as well as the poetry of Chopin's masterpieces including the 'Adagio' from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Polonaise in F-sharp Minor. He also chronicles Chopin's progress from child prodigy to the darling of Parisian salons. A source of rare and unparalleled insights into Chopin's world of private anguish and public triumph this memoir recounts the composer's loneliness as a Polish emigré his tempestuous romance with George Sand and his life among a glittering social set that included Balzac Hugo Berlioz Delacroix and Schumann.Reprint of the Oliver Ditson Company Boston 1880 edition.
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| Frédéric Chopin: In
Search Of Chopin:
Biography Biography [Book] Dover Publications
'Altogether a sensitive and tasteful document.' ??? Library JournalA series of ...(+)
'Altogether a sensitive and tasteful document.' ??? Library JournalA series of themed essays rather than a traditional biography this profile of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist is the work of a legendaryconductor and performer. Alfred Cortot taught at the Paris Conservatory of Music co-founded the ??cole Normale de Musique de Paris and produced printed versions of the complete works of Chopin Schumann and Debussy. In theserevealing 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 asa 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 hisromance 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.
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