This new Master Musician interweaves biographical and musical commentary to produce a well-rounded portrait of Chopin the man and the musician. Avoiding complex technical language, Jim 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 ceading the ...
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This new Master Musician interweaves biographical and musical commentary to produce a well-rounded portrait of Chopin the man and the musician. Avoiding complex technical language, Jim 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 ceading 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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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0028647351. Former owner's name penned on title page. Otherwise, clean and solid.; Master Musicians Series; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 322 pages.
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Black & White Plates; Music. Good/Good. New York, NY: Schirmer Books. Good/Good. 1997.........Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 322 p.p., Shelf wear; shelf lean; head and tail of spine bumped; spine back cover edge bumped in spots; edges of dust cover rubbed; previous owner's inscription on back pastedown; original price intact; pages clean and intact..
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