Chopin Studies 2

by John Rink (Editor), Jim Samson (Editor)

Overview

Following the success of Chopin Studies, this second volume of essays contains the most recent Chopin research of twelve leading scholars. Three main themes are addressed: reception history, aesthetics and criticism, and performance studies. The essays explore Chopin as classical composer, as salon composer, as modernist, as "otherworldly," as androgyne, and define aspects of his musical language, including narrative structures, progressive tendencies and functional ambiguity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521034333
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/14/2006
Series:	Cambridge Composer Studies
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Chopin reception: theory, history, analysis Jim Samson; 2. Chopin as 'salon composer' in nineteenth-century German criticism Andreas Ballstaedt; 3. Chopin as modernist in nineteenth-century Russia Anne Swartz; 4. Small fairy voices: sex, history and meaning in Chopin Jeffrey Kallberg; 5. Chopin's Ballade Op. 23 and the revolution of the intellectuals Karol Berger; 6. The Polonaise-Fantasy and issues of musical narrative Anthony Newcomb; 7. Placing Chopin: reflections on a compositional aesthetic Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger; 8. Ambiguity and reinterpretation in Chopin Edward T. Cone; 9. The Prelude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4: autograph sources and interpretation Carl Schachter; 10. Performing the F# minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 L. Henry Shaffer; 11. Chopin's tempo rubato in context David Rowland; 12. Authentic Chopin: history, analysis and intuition in performance John Rink; Appendix: encounters with Chopin: Fanny Erskine's Paris diary, 1847–8 Jeremy Barlow; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'A book that no serious student should be without … refreshingly sane.' Jeremy Siepmann, Classical Music

'An immensely valuable and well-researched book.' Stephen Haylett, BBC Music Magazine

'Intermittently engrossing …' Susan Bradshaw, Musical Times

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