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Chopin's Dream
Author: Icons Of Europe
Publisher:
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9782960038538
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This paperback documents the unique gala concert The Dream of Chopin, performed as music-with-a-story for piano and voice in Christ Church, Malvern (England) mid-July 2013. Chopin masterpieces are introduced by citing dramatic elements of Jenny Lind's life. The story reveals her real identity (the king's daughter), as well as the depth of her secret and tragic romance with Chopin (implicating George Sand and Wagner) and the power of the cult she later instigated to immortalize his oeuvre. - The script and its annotations and artworks draw on a large body of period information from many years of historical research by Icons of Europe, much not published or juxtaposed before. The booklet also contains a little cadenza probably written by Chopin during a singing lesson with Jenny Lind who, incognito, was his pupil in 1841-1842. The concert and the booklet provide new insight into the life and legacy of both Jenny Lind and Chopin and into the cultural evolution of the 19th century.
New Illustrated Lives of Great Composers: Chopin
Author: Ates Orga
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2015-03-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0857128477
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bel Canto
Author: Cecilia Jorgensen
Publisher:
Published: 2013-11
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9782960038545
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chopin tutored opera stars in the art of singing! This new discovery overturns the traditional view that Chopin's teaching was limited to piano playing and that his pupils were mainly high-society ladies in Paris. - The "Bel Canto" booklet was initially presented as a research paper at the International Musicological Conference organized by the Bibliotheque Polonaise a Paris and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw on 18 September 2013. - The career of three sopranos of international fame makes the point: Pauline Garcia Viardot, Henriette Nissen and Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, who all were pupils of Chopin. - The authors conclude that Chopin made an important contribution to the Bel Canto tradition as it evolved in parallel with the development of the piano and other instruments, and that his method was rooted in the teaching principles of the famous Bel Canto tenor and voice pedagogue Manuel Garcia, Sr.
The Nightingale
Author: Marjorie Colvile Strachey
Publisher:
Published: 1925
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Frédéric Chopin
Author: William Smialek
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-06-05
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1135839042
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Frédéric Chopin: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer. The second edition includes research published since the publication of the first edition and provides electronic resources.
Chopin in Britain
Author: Peter Willis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-14
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1317166868
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. In the autumn of that year, he returned to Paris. The following autumn he was dead. Despite the fascination the composer continues to hold for scholars, this brief but important period, and his previous visit to London in 1837, remain little known. In this richly illustrated study, Peter Willis draws on extensive original documentary evidence, as well as cultural artefacts, to tell the story of these two visits and to place them into aristocratic and artistic life in mid-nineteenth-century England and Scotland. In addition to filling a significant hole in our knowledge of the composer’s life, the book adds to our understanding of a number of important figures, including Jane Stirling and the painter Ary Scheffer. The social and artistic milieux of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh are brought to vivid life.
The Rest Is Noise
Author: Alex Ross
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2007-10-16
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 1429932880
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music, from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style, Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.
Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen
Author: Elizabeth L. Ewan
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2007-06-27
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13: 0748626603
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This single-volume dictionary presents the lives ofindividual Scottish women from earliest times to the present. Drawing on newscholarship and a wide network of professional and amateur historians, itthrows light on the experience of women from every class and category inScotland and among the worldwide Scottish diaspora.The BiographicalDictionary of Scottish Women is written for the general reading public andfor students of Scottish history and society. It is scholarly in itsapproach to evidence and engaging in the manner of its presentation. Eachentry makes sense of its subject in narrative terms, telling a story ratherthan simply offering information. The book is as enjoyable to read as it iseasy and valuable to consult. It is a unique and important contribution tothe history of women and Scotland.The publisher acknowledges support fromthe Scottish Arts Council and the Scottish Executive Equalities Unit towardsthe publication of this title.
Chopin and Beyond
Author: Byron Janis
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Published: 2010-09-23
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0470872330
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the world's greatest classical pianists reveals how the "other world" transformed his life and career By any measure, Byron Janis has had an extraordinary musical career. His discovery of two long-lost Chopin scores made headlines around the world, and he has been honored many times for his breathtaking performances of some of the most exciting and challenging works in the standard classical piano repertoire. As he retraces this remarkable journey in Chopin and Beyond, he shares something even more extraordinary: the other-worldly experiences that have shaped his life and music in surprising and profound ways. Shares milestones and memories from the life and musical career of one of the world's greatest pianists Includes lively anecdotes of famous classical musicians and other notable figures, including Vladimir Horowitz and Pablo Picasso Describes his long-secret but ultimately triumphant battle with arthritis Recounts the paranormal experiences that deepened his personal association with Chopin, effected near miraculous recoveries from serious accidents, and more Like the best music, Chopin and Beyond will open your mind to explore the wonder and possibility of a different world.
