Chopin : a listener's guide to the master of the piano /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lederer, Victor
Other Authors: Biret, Idil (Performer), Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
Format: CD Book
Language:English
Published: Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2006.
Series:Unlocking the masters series ; no. 11.
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Online Access: Table of contents only
Item Description:"All performances on the ... CD are by pianist Idil Biret from her recording of Chopin's complete piano music on Naxos."-- P. 145
Table of Contents:
  • Chopin's brief life and long death
  • Big ideas in small packages : the etudes and preludes
  • The music for piano and orchestra
  • Dance idealized : the waltzes
  • Operatic reveries : the nocturnes
  • The sonatas
  • Patriotism and tragedy : the polonaises
  • The individual works
  • Lyricism and drama in fixed forms : the impromptus and scherzos
  • The mazurkas
  • The ballades
  • The importance of Chopin.