Fryderyk Chopin : a life and times
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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9780374159061, 9781250234827, 0374159068
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Acorn Public Library District - StacksBIOG CHOPIN, F.On Shelf
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
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xxix, 727 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 24 cm
Language
English
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9780374159061, 9781250234827, 0374159068

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world's leading authorities on Chopin and his time. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, Washington, D.C., Alan Walker's monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English. Walker sets out to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin is an intimate look into a dramatic life; of particular focus are Chopin's childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with Walker's latest scholarly findings, and Chopin's romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years.00Comprehensive and engaging, and written in highly readable prose, the biography wears its scholarship lightly: this is a book suited as much for the professional pianist as it is for the casual music lover. Just as he did in his definitive biography of Liszt, Walker illuminates Chopin and his music with unprecedented clarity in this magisterial biography, bringing to life one of the nineteenth century's most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Walker, A. (2018). Fryderyk Chopin: a life and times (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Walker, Alan, 1930-. 2018. Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Walker, Alan, 1930-. Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Walker, Alan. Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

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