Chopin

Chopin
Adam Zamoyski

The definitive biography of Chopin by one of the finest of contemporary European historians.Two centuries have passed since Chopin’s birth, yet his legacy is all around us today. The quiet revolution he wrought influenced the development of Western music profoundly, and he is still among the most widely studied and revered composers. For many, he is the object of a cult. Yet most people know little of his life, of the man, his thoughts and his feelings; his public image is a sugary blur of sentimentality and melodrama.Adam Zamoyski cuts through the myths and legends to tell the story of Chopin’s life, and to reveal all that can be discovered about him as a person. He pays particular attention to recent revelations about the composer's health, and places him within the intellectual and spiritual environment of his day.

Chopin

Prince of the Romantics

Adam Zamoyski

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Table of Contents

Cover Page (#uac388329-088a-56ea-8eca-6b03c0b84ec7)

Title Page (#udb02c5a3-4959-5eb5-b8df-e33ee4e9ad26)

Copyright (#u99f966fb-f792-5d5d-9c66-60d67648c20e)

Dedication (#ufc7d6945-1272-588a-ba2b-99469675d6d1)

Illustrations (#ud55944c4-70e3-5d1d-9acc-e57e4e03dbac)

Preface (#ue30dc7a4-68b7-5be0-a1e5-bd588b8abb25)

One A Prodigy Restrained (#u2547b8b0-ef3b-558e-9271-2bb2af4632d5)

Two School Days (#ue55d036b-7e92-5265-b335-09f40a1e3010)

Three Musical Genius (#ub758a455-4e9e-5a0c-944d-999c021ad277)

Four Adolescent Passions (#u194fbd47-81c0-51b4-abc2-b8a33e091ba8)

Five Vienna (#u8dbc5390-e4ca-5f8d-a8c1-cd8147bafaba)

Six Romantic Paris (#u83d1da98-9934-5b85-b924-f6908e753962)

Seven Pianist à la Mode (#litres_trial_promo)

Eight Second Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Nine Art and Politics (#litres_trial_promo)

Ten Love Above All (#litres_trial_promo)

Eleven Conjugal Life (#litres_trial_promo)

Twelve The Church of Chopin (#litres_trial_promo)

Thirteen The End of the Affair (#litres_trial_promo)

Fourteen An Ugly Fracas (#litres_trial_promo)

Fifteen London and Scotland (#litres_trial_promo)

Sixteen The Jealousy of Heaven (#litres_trial_promo)

Appendix A (#litres_trial_promo)

Appendix B (#litres_trial_promo)

Notes (#litres_trial_promo)

Sources (#litres_trial_promo)

Index (#litres_trial_promo)

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About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

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