This second volume of essays in Chopin Studies contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars. Three main topics are addressed: reception history, aesthetics and criticism, and performance studies. The first four chapters investigate certain images associated with Chopin during his lifetime and after his death: Chopin as classical composer, as salon composer, as modernist, as 'otherwordly', as androgyne. The next four essays contextualize and define aspects of his musical language, including narrative stuctures, baroque affinities, progressive tendencies and functional ambiguity. The last four deal with analysis and source study as related to performance, structure and expression, tempo rubato and 'authentic' interpretation. The book ends with a thumbnail sketch of Chopin as revealed in a recently discovered diary for 1847-8.

This second volume of Chopin essays contains Chopin research by twelve leading scholars.
Reviews
'A book that no serious student should be without ... refreshingly sane.' Jeremy Siepmann, Classical Music
'An immensely valuable and well-researched book.' Stephen Haylett, BBC Music Magazine
'Intermittently engrossing ...' Susan Bradshaw, Musical Times



Book Information
ISBN 9780521034333
Author John Rink
Format Paperback
Page Count 264
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 404g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm