Published in conjunction with the Bard Music Festival. Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-354) and index (pages 357-365).
Contents:
Notes on contributors. Chopin and the consequences of exile / Leon Botstein ; Józef 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 Kurpiński 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.
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