Chopin : the Man and His Music
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About This Book
James Gibbon Huneker (1857–1921) was a distinguished American newspaper critic, an essayist, and a prolific author. His writing style is remarkable — unrestrained, informal, full of brilliant insight — and this style plus Huneker's wide knowledge of art and literature as well as music has kept his literacy work alive. The Man and His Music reflects the intimate, thorough knowledge of Chopin's music that Huneker acquired while studying to be a concert pianist and his unusually keen insight into the character of the great Polish composer whose music he adored.The book is divided into two parts. ...
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- CHOPIN: THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC
- James Huneker
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PART I.—THE MAN.
- PART II.—HIS MUSIC.
- PART I.—THE MAN
- I. POLAND:—YOUTHFUL IDEALS
- II. PARIS:—IN THE MAELSTROM
- III. ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND PERE LA CHAISE.
- IV. THE ARTIST
- V. POET AND PSYCHOLOGIST
- II
- III
- PART II:—HIS MUSIC
- VI. THE STUDIES:—TITANIC EXPERIMENTS
- II
- III
- VII. MOODS IN MINIATURE:—THE PRELUDES.
- II
- VIII. IMPROMPTUS AND VALSES
- IX. NIGHT AND ITS MELANCHOLY MYSTERIES:—THE NOCTURNES
- X. THE BALLADES:—FAERY DRAMAS
- XI. CLASSICAL CURRENTS
- XII. THE POLONAISES:—HEROIC HYMNS OF BATTLE.
- XIII. MAZURKAS:—DANCES OF THE SOUL
- I
- II
- XIV. CHOPIN THE CONQUEROR
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BOOKS BY JAMES HUNEKER
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