Chopin

A completely new edition of the definitive biography of Chopin, unavailable for many years, by one of the finest of contemporary European historians. Two centuries have passed since Chopin's birth, yet his legacy is all around us today. The quiet revolution he wrought influenced the development of Western music profoundly, and he is still probably the most widely studied and revered composer. For many, he is the object of a cult. Yet most people know little of his life, of the man, his thoughts and his feelings; his public image is a sugary blur of sentimentality and melodrama. Adam Zamoyski cuts through the myths and legends to tell the story of Chopin's life, and to reveal all that can be discovered about him as a person. He pays particular attention to recent revelations about the composer's health, and places him within the intellectual and spiritual environment of his day.

ISBN 0007341849   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780007341849 (What's this?)   Pages 368 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers   Weight (grammes) 567 Imprint HarperPress   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 209 Publication date 04 Feb 2010   Width (mm) 141 DEWEY 780.92   Academic level General

		Illustrations
1		A Prodigy Restrained		1
2		School Days		17
3		Musical Genius		28
4		Adolescent Passions		43
5		Vienna		62
6		Romantic Paris		79
7		Pianist a la Mode		96
8		Second Love		112
9		Art and Politics		130
10		Love Above All		153
11		Conjugal Life		177
12		The Church of Chopin		200
13		The End of the Affair		219
14		An Ugly Fracas		244
15		London and Scotland		261
16		The Jealousy of Heaven		283
Appendix A		List of Chopin's Works		298
Appendix B		The Case of the 'Chopin - Potocka Letters'		303
		Notes		310
		Sources		338
		Index		349

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