The Music of Chopin (Clarendon Paperbacks)
"The first serious study of Chopin'soeuvreto appear in English; thus it fills a real need and it will probably remain a standard reference work for some years to come."--Music Analysis"Chopin's whole relationship to the nineteenth-century cult of virtuosity, and his transmutation of a salon art into the poetic, is perceptively described."--Times Literary Supplement"A work of impressive scholarship....The writing is vigorous and lucid."--Music Teacher