Experiencing Chopin
A Listener's Companion
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Classical & Opera, Classical
| Author: | Christine Lee Gengaro | ISBN: | 9781442260870 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | December 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christine Lee Gengaro |
| ISBN: | 9781442260870 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | December 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Experiencing Chopin: A Listener’s Companion,Christine Lee Gengaro surveys Chopin’s position as a composer at a time when the piano stood at the center of musical and social life. Throughout, she shines a spotlight on Chopin and his music, which illuminated the Romantic period in which he lived, the social and artistic climate that surrounded him, and the importance of the individual artist at a time of political foment. Gengaro considers the different genres among Chopin’s works, linking each to the historical, social, and biographical issues that shaped them.
Experiencing Chopin: A Listener’s Companion,Christine Lee Gengaro surveys Chopin’s position as a composer at a time when the piano stood at the center of musical and social life. Throughout, she shines a spotlight on Chopin and his music, which illuminated the Romantic period in which he lived, the social and artistic climate that surrounded him, and the importance of the individual artist at a time of political foment. Gengaro considers the different genres among Chopin’s works, linking each to the historical, social, and biographical issues that shaped them.
