Experiencing Chopin: A Listener's Companion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442260863)

Fryderyk Chopin's career is intricately entwined with the piano. Although he made forays into orchestral and chamber work, the vast majority of Chopin's pieces feature the piano. While his relatively brief life shortened his potential contribution as a composer, the originality, richness, and quality of his work is undeniable. His harmonies were often surprising, the rhythms flexible, and the music dramatic.

In Experiencing Chopin: A Listener's Companion, Christine Lee Gengaro surveys Chopin's position as a composer at a time when the piano stood at the center of musical and social life. Throughout, she shines a spotlight on Chopin and his music, which illuminated the Romantic period in which he lived, the social and artistic climate that surrounded him, and the importance of the individual artist at a time of political foment. Gengaro considers the different genres among Chopin's works, linking each to the historical, social, and biographical issues that shaped them.

Author: Christine Lee Gengaro
ISBN-10: 1442260866
ISBN-13: 9781442260863
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2017
Pages: 206
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2018