Chopin
Subtitle: prince of the romantics
By: Adam Zamoyski
Publisher: HarperPress
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780007341849
Description: In this biography, Zamoyski links Chopin with Bach and Mozart rather than his contemporary Romantics. Zamoyski sees Chopin as an insecure 18th century man lost in the Romantic Age.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: A prodigy restrained; title: School days; title: Musical genius; title: Adolescent passions; title: Vienna; title: Romantic Paris; title: Pianist à la mode; title: Second love; title: Art and politics; title: Love above all; title: Conjugal life; title: The church of Chopin; title: The end of the affair; title: An ugly fracas; title: London and Scotland; title: The jealousy of heaven.