Chopin (Master Musician S.) - Softcover

Samson, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198167032 ISBN 13: 9780198167037

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Jim Samson interweaves biographical and musical commentary to produce a well-rounded portrait of Chopin the man and the musician. Incorporating the most recent research, this volume succeeds in presenting it without recourse to unduly complex technical language. Samson addresses such questions as pedagogy, musical influences, and pianistic idiom. He examines the composer's mature musical style, considers his unique approach to the genres of nineteenth-century piano music, and investigates the nature of his compositional process as revealed through manuscripts and early printed scores. In reading the book we begin to understand why this frail and fastidious musician from Warsaw, whose music is so immensely refined and innovatory, has captured the imagination of generations of music lovers the world over.

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Review:

"Jim Samson's engaging biography is interwoven--in the best tradition of the invaluable Master Musicians series...with chapters devoted to a comprehensive chronological survey of the music, plus a list of works, a calendar of the composer's life and times.... vividly written biography."--The Musical Times

About the Author:

Formerly Professor of Musicology at Exeter University, Jim Samson has been Professor of Music at Bristol University since 1994. He has published extensively on Chopin and is regarded internationally as a leading authority on the composer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198167032
• ISBN 13: 9780198167037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334