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The mystery of Chopin's Préludes /

(Number (ISBN

1409452247

(Number (ISBN

9781409452249

Erroneous ISBN

9781409452256

Erroneous ISBN

9781472406811

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b418684

Title Proper

The mystery of Chopin's Préludes /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Anatole Leikin, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 190 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, music ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index

Text of Note

The traditions, the innovations, and the predicaments -- Lamartine's Les préludes : the lyrics and the milieu -- The Mallorca factor -- Lamartine's Les préludes and Chopin's Préludes -- Deciphering the Préludes -- Further thoughts -- Appendix : Alphonse de Lamartine, Les Préludes / with English translation by Tamah Swenson

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Chopin's twenty-four Préludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published. What prompted Franz Liszt and others to consider Chopin's Préludes to be compositions in their own right rather than introductions to other works? What did set Chopin's Préludes so drastically apart from their forerunners? What exactly was 'the morbid, the feverish, the repellent' that Schumann heard in Opus 28, in that 'wild motley' of 'strange sketches' and 'ruins'? Why did Liszt and another, anonymous, reviewer publicly suggest that Lamartine's poem Les Préludes served as an inspiration for Chopin's Opus 28? And, if that is indeed the case, how did the poem affect the structure and the thematic contents of Chopin's Préludes? And, lastly, is Opus 28 a random assortment of short pieces or a cohesive cycle? In this monograph, richly illustrated with musical examples, Anatole Leikin combines historical perspectives, hermeneutic and thematic analyses, and a range of practical implications for performers to explore these questions and illuminate the music of one of the best loved collections of music for the piano. - Publisher

International Standard Book Number

9781472406811

Chopin, Frédéric,1810-1849., Preludes,op. 28,piano

Class number

Book number

Leikin, Anatole,1946-

Date of Transaction

20160627054300.6

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[Book]

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