The Cambridge Companion to Chopin
Author | : Jim Samson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1994-12-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781139824996 |
ISBN-13 | : 1139824996 |
Rating | : 4/5 (996 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Chopin written by Jim Samson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-12-08 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Chopin provides the enquiring music-lover with helpful insights into a musical style which recognises no contradiction between the accessible and the sophisticated, the popular and the significant. Twelve essays by leading Chopin scholars make up three parts. Part 1 discusses the sources of Chopin's style in the music of his predecessors and the social history of the period. Part 2 profiles the mature music, and Part 3 considers the afterlife of the music - its reception, its criticism and its compositional influence in the works of subsequent composers.