Chopin's Polish ballade
By: Jonathan D. Bellman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780195338867
Subjects: Chopin, Frédéric, -- 1810-1849; Ballades (Instrumental music) -- History and criticism; Piano music -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Two versions, two keys, and certain poems of Mickiewicz; title: Genesis of a narrative process; title: Hearing Konrad Wallenrod : Chopin's Ballade no. 1, op. 23; title: Op. 38 and the genre issue; title: The Polish pilgrims and the operatic imperative; title: Martyrdom and exile : the narrative of Chopin's F major ballade.