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Fryderyk Chopin
- A Life and Times
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 23 hrs and 28 mins
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Fryderyk Chopin
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Publisher's Summary
A landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his time.
Based on 10 years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and 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 in more than a century. Walker's work is a corrective biography, intended 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 the latest scholarly findings, and Chopin's romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years. Comprehensive and engaging, 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 19th century's most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists.
What the critics say
"Packed with information and insightful analyses of Chopin's major works that will interest professional musicians, and even nonspecialists will be entranced by Walker's piquant storytelling and graceful prose." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Kindle Customer
- 2022-10-29
Good read bad reader.
A dilettante monograph but a pleasant read altogether.
The narrator's blatant lack of general culture and knowledge overall must be mentioned as she serves a better purpose reading english-only books devoid of the foreign names (Polish, Italian, French, German) she simply flays to the listener's dismay and the excruciating pain of his or her ears.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Andrew Stewart
- 2024-09-29
An impressive biography
A magnificent book. Pity about the narrator’s poor grasp of the pronunciation of the Polish, French, Italian and German language parts of the text and the awkward attempts to overcome this with crude editing techniques.
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