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Chopin in Paris introduces the most important musical and literary figures of Fryderyk Chopin's day in a glittering story of the Romantic era. During Chopin's eighteen years in Paris, lasting nearly half his short life, he shone at the center of the immensely talented artists who were defining their time -- Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Delacroix, Liszt, Berlioz, and, of course, George Sand, a rebel feminist writer who became Chopin's lover and protector.
Tad Szulc, the author of Fidel and Pope John Paul II, approaches his subject with imagination and insight, drawing extensively on diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and the composer's own journal, portions of which appear here for the first time in English. He uses contemporary sources to chronicle Chopin's meteoric rise in his native Poland, an ascent that had brought him to play before the reigning Russian grand duke at the age of eight. He left his homeland when he was eighteen, just before Warsaw's patriotic uprising was crushed by the tsar's armies.
Carrying the memories of Poland and its folk music that would later surface in his polonaises and mazurkas, Chopin traveled to Vienna. There he established his reputation in the most demanding city of Europe. But Chopin soon left for Paris, where his extraordinary creative powers would come to fruition amid the revolutions roiling much of Europe. He quickly gained fame and a circle of powerful friends and acquaintances ranging from Rothschild, the banker, to Karl Marx.
Distinguished by his fastidious dress and the wracking cough that would cut short his life, Chopin spent his days composing and giving piano lessons to a select group of students. His evenings were spent at the keyboard, playing for his friends. It was at one of these Chopin gatherings that he met George Sand, nine years his senior. Through their long and often stormy relationship, Chopin enjoyed his richest creative period. As she wrote dozens of novels, he composed furiously -- both were compulsive creators. After their affair unraveled, Chopin became the protégé of Jane Stirling, a wealthy Scotswoman, who paraded him in his final year across England and Scotland to play for the aristocracy and even Queen Victoria. In 1849, at the age of thirty-nine, Chopin succumbed to the tuberculosis that had plagued him from childhood.
Chopin in Paris is an illuminating biography of a tragic figure who was one of the most important composers of all time. Szulc brings to life the complex, contradictory genius whose works will live forever. It is compelling reading about an exciting epoch of European history, culture, and music -- and about one of the great love dramas of the nineteenth century.

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Tad Szulc is a former foreign correspondent and bureau chief for the New York Times. His eighteen books include Pope John Paul II, Fidel: A Critical Portrait, and Then and Now-the latter two winners of the prestigious Overseas Press Club of America Award. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Tad Szulc worked as foreign and diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times from 1955-1972, reporting from fifty countries, and he travelled extensively with Presidents Kennedy and Nixon and Pope Paul VI. Recent books include FIDEL, which won the Overseas Press Club Award, and CHOPIN IN PARIS. He lives in Washington D.C. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN : B000FBJH1M
Publisher : Scribner (12 March 1999)
Language: : English
File size : 2967 KB
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Print length : 444 pages

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DeM

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2018

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Outstandingly Excellent. (DeM)

JOHN MICHAEL GOODGER

The author didn't know when to use the pronoun 'he' ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 June 2017

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The author didn't know when to use the pronoun 'he' instead of 'Chopin' endlessly: on the last half page of the Preface, 15, he uses it EIGHT times, for Heaven's sake! I gave up then, I couldn't bear it any more.

Arne Gunnarsjaa

An extensive biography

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2013

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Most commendable as a well-written biography, with the right feeling about the life and times of Chopin, and above all his music.

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zheng liu

the book is in good condition as promised

Reviewed in Canada on 11 October 2014

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the book is in good condition as promised, but the delivery time is a little longer. in general, this is a happy process.

Geo

Rich biography of this great musical master

Reviewed in the United States on 7 April 2019

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Great story of Chopin's life, his relationships, travel and arc of life that contributed to his musical gift.

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