Chopin and his world / edited by Jonathan D. Bellman and Halina Goldberg.

Contributor Bellman, Jonathan, 1957- editor

Imprint:Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2017.

Descriptionx, 369 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.

Note:Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival

Note:Part I. Contemporary cultural contexts. Chopin's oneiric soundscapes and the role of dreams in romantic culture / Halina Goldberg ; Jzef Sikorski's "Recollection of Chopin": the earliest essay on Chopin and his music / translated by John Comber ; introduced and annotated by Halina Goldberg ; Chopin and the gothic / Anatole Leikin ; Revisiting Chopin's tubercular song, or, an opera in the making / David Kasunic ; Chopin and Jews / Jeffrey Kallberg -- Part II. Musical and pianistic contexts. Middlebrow becomes transcendent: the popular roots of Chopin's musical language / Jonathan D. Bellman ; Karol Kurpinski on the musical expression of Polish national sentiment / translated by John Comber ; introduced and annotated by Halina Goldberg ; Dance and the music of Chopin: the polonaise / Eric Mckee ; The barcarolle and the barcarolle: topic and genre in Chopin / James Parakilas ; Chopin and improvisation / John Rink ; Chopin among the pianists in Paris / Sandra P. Rosenblum ; The hand of Chopin: documents and commentary / Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger ; translated by Virginia E. Whealton -- Afterword. Chopin and the consequences of exile / Leon Botstein ; Index ; Notes on contributors.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-354) and index (pages 357-365)

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