Fryderyk Chopin

Walker, Alan

£20.00

A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world’s leading authorities on Chopin and his time. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, Washington, D.C., Alan Walker’s monumental ‘Fryderyk Chopin’ is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English. Walker sets out to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin.

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Publish Date: 05/08/2021

Description

Sunday Times Classical Music Book of the Year

A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world’s leading authorities on Chopin and his time

Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, Washington, D.C., Alan Walker’s monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English. Walker sets out to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin is an intimate look into a dramatic life; of particular focus are Chopin’s childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with Walker’s latest scholarly findings, and Chopin’s romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years.

Comprehensive and engaging, and written in highly readable prose, the biography wears its scholarship lightly: this is a book suited as much for the professional pianist as it is for the casual music lover. Just as he did in his definitive biography of Liszt, Walker illuminates Chopin and his music with unprecedented clarity in this magisterial biography, bringing to life one of the nineteenth century’s most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists.

Additional information

Weight 1021 g
Dimensions 234 × 153 × 43 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

752

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

780.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K