This biography of Frédéric Chopin by his friend and fellow artist, Franz Liszt, offers a highly informed assessment of the Polish composer's musical legacy. It's further enlivened by the author's personal acquaintance with Chopin's other friends, who included Sand, Balzac, Hugo, Berlioz, Delacroix, and Schumann. Liszt surveys the brilliance of several of Chopin's masterpieces. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Oliver Ditson Company, Boston, 1880.
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Chopin: The Man and His Music by James Huneker This classic in music biography and criticism takes an amazing look at the composer. Part 1 deals with Chopin's life; the second part offers brilliant piece-by-piece analysis of his music. Introduction and notes.
Chopin’s Letters by Frederic Chopin, E. L. Voynich Nearly 300 letters reveal Chopin as both man and artist and illuminate his fascinating world — Europe of the 1830s and 1840s. "delightful gossip . . . merry rather than malicious . . . engagingly witty." — Books. Preface. Index.
