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Title: Chopin: The Four Ballades
Condition: New
Author: Jim Samson
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780521386159
ISBN: 9780521386159
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 30/10/1992
Description: Chopin's four ballades are widely regarded as being amongst the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth century. In an illuminating discussion, Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works. He begins by investigating the social and musical background to Chopin's unique style. He describes the manuscript sources and evaluates the many subsequent printed editions, then considers the critical reception of the ballades and the differing interpretations of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century pianists. The final two chapters examine the music of all four works analytically. There is a clearly presented formal synopsis of each ballade in turn, followed by a discussion of the works collectively which explores Chopin's own conception of the title 'ballade' and how it may be understood as a musical genre.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 144mm
Item Length: 215mm
Item Width: 8mm
Item Weight: 136g
Book Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
Release Year: 1992

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