Chopin : a listener's guide to the master of the piano / Victor Lederer.
Author: Lederer, Victor.
Publisher: Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2006.
ISBN: 1574671480
9781574671483
Description: 146 p. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.)
Series: Unlocking the masters series ; no. 11
Subject: Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 Criticism and interpretation.
Composers Biography.
Contents: Chopin's brief life and long death -- Big ideas in small packages: the etudes and preludes -- The music for piano and orchestra -- Dance idealized: the waltzes -- Operatic reveries: the nocturnes -- The sonatas -- Patriotism and tragedy: the polonaises -- The individual works -- Lyricism and drama in fixed forms: the impromptus and scherzos -- The mazurkas -- The ballades -- The importance of Chopin.
