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Binding: PaperbackBrand: Alfred Publishing Dewey Decimal Number: 786.10924 EAN: 9780486255644 Edition: New edition Feature: Book ISBN: 0486255646 Label: Dover Publications Manufacturer: Dover Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: February 01, 1988 Publisher: Dover Publications Studio: Dover Publications Features:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: A superb collection of nearly 300 of Chopin's letters that vividly reveals the composer as man and artist. The letter's contents offer rare glimpses into Chopin's childhood, his mind, his character, and his tragic love for George Sand. Published for the first time in English, now English readers can enjoy the origins of many of his compositions and the various influences that shaped his ideas and habits. Average Rating:
Rating:  - Good buyShipped fast. Good condition. The one thing that was sort of strange, is that it dosen't show any letters that were sent to Chopin himself, so a lot of his replys do not make sense. Also every time that he wrote two or more consecutive letters to the same person, it is addressed "To the Same" so you have to look all the way back to the first. In the case of Juliana Fontana this can span for more than ten pages. Rating:  - Chopin's Actual Writing- What More Could One Want?The title says it all, basically. This is a highly accurate book, of course, and it is mostly thanks to Chopin's beautiful writing. However, the preface provides highly accurate and careful/thoughtful information about Chopin and his letters. I really appreciated the amount of care that was put into editing Chopin's letters with the least bias possible- greatly done. For all Chopin fans, this is a must have; what better thing to read about the romantic genius than his actual writing (very detailed and colorful, too)? I highly recommend this book. Rating: - Treasured documents that reveal the essence of a soul!After having listened the principal Romantic composers along the history of music, one tends to make oneself this decisive question: What's in last instance the main difference between Chopin and the rest of his colleagues? To my mind, there are three basic factors that made it possible. First and foremost, the introspective character of his works. Indeed, Chopin found inspiration through the history, the geography and his emotional universe made the rest: to blend his livings with his dreamlike temperament. Second, his profound sensibility before the world that surrounded him blended with his poetic imagination allowed to hierarchy his musical thinking in several categories, the ... Read More Rating: - Researching ChopinEnjoyed reading his letters as it gave an insight to the man Chopin was. Rating: - If you REALLY want to get to know Chopin read his letters!These letters make wonderful reading. Chopin's writing style is direct, at times humorous, and gives a great insight in his daily life, from his very young years untill just before his death in 1849. In these letters he does not much write about his art (he hardly did that anyway: most of his thoughts on music are written down by his friend Eugene Delacroix in his journal, based on their conversations). These letters cover a wide variety of subjects: holiday-planning, chit-chat,long letters to his sister Ludwika, letters to his lover George Sand and her children, rude business letters (no romantic dreamer here!),sad letters, passionate letters of a young Chopin,etc. If you want ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display |
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