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This new book in the Master Musicians series interweaves biographical and musical commentary to produce a well-rounded portrait of Chopin the man and the musician. Avoiding complex technical language, Jim Samson addresses such questions as pedagogy, musical influences, and pianistic idiom. He
examines the composer's mature musical style, considers his unique approach to the genres of nineteenth-century piano music, and investigates the nature of his compositional process as revealed through manuscripts and early printed scores. In reading the book we begin to understand why this frail
and fastidious musician from Warsaw, whose music is so immensely refined and innovatory, has captured the imagination of generations of music lovers the world over.
examines the composer's mature musical style, considers his unique approach to the genres of nineteenth-century piano music, and investigates the nature of his compositional process as revealed through manuscripts and early printed scores. In reading the book we begin to understand why this frail
and fastidious musician from Warsaw, whose music is so immensely refined and innovatory, has captured the imagination of generations of music lovers the world over.
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About the Author:
Formerly Professor of Musicology at Exeter University, Jim Samson has been Professor of Music at Bristol University since 1994. He has published extensively on Chopin and is regarded internationally as a leading authority on the composer.
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`This is a formiddable book...Professor Samson is the leading contemporary Chopin scholar with a vast knowledge of the subject...a well-written an erudite book; dense but well worth struggling to come to terms with'
BBC Music Magazine
`Jim Samson's engaging biography is interwoven--in the best tradition of the invaluable master musician series...with chapters devoted to a comprehensive chronilogical survey of the music, plus a list of works, a calendar of the composer's life and times...vividly written biography.'
The Musical Times
`Jim Samson's engaging biography is interwoven--in the best tradition of the invaluable Master Musicians series...with chapters devoted to a comprehensive chronological survey of the music, plus a list of works, a calendar of the composer's life and times...vividly written biography.'
The Musical Times
`An authoritative 'life and works' by an eminent scholar.'
BBC Music, October 1999
BBC Music Magazine
`Jim Samson's engaging biography is interwoven--in the best tradition of the invaluable master musician series...with chapters devoted to a comprehensive chronilogical survey of the music, plus a list of works, a calendar of the composer's life and times...vividly written biography.'
The Musical Times
`Jim Samson's engaging biography is interwoven--in the best tradition of the invaluable Master Musicians series...with chapters devoted to a comprehensive chronological survey of the music, plus a list of works, a calendar of the composer's life and times...vividly written biography.'
The Musical Times
`An authoritative 'life and works' by an eminent scholar.'
BBC Music, October 1999
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- PublisherOxford Univ Pr
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0198164955
- ISBN 13 9780198164951
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages322
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