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Chopin : a listener's guide to the master of the piano
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- Creator
- Victor Lederer
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Pompton Plains, N.J. : Amadeus Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- 146 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 1574671480, 9781574671483
- OCLC
- ocm75999585
- Includes bibliographical references (page [143]).
- Chopin's brief life and long death -- Big ideas in small packages: the etudes and preludes -- The music for piano and orchestra -- Dance idealized: the waltzes -- Operatic reveries: the nocturnes -- The sonatas -- Patriotism and tragedy: the polonaises -- The individual works -- Lyricism and drama in fixed forms: the impromptus and scherzos -- The mazurkas -- The ballades -- The importance of Chopin
- CD [compact disc] track listing: p. 145-146
- "All performances on the ... CD are by pianist Idil Biret from her recording of Chopin's complete piano music on Naxos."--P. 145. Includes Etude op. 25, no. 1 and no. 5; Prelude op. 28, no. 2, 4, 8, and 23; Waltz op. 64, no. 2; Nocturne op. 27, no. 2; Finale of Sonata no. 2, op. 35; Polonaise op. 44; Berceuse op. 57; Scherzo no 3, op. 39; Mazurka op. 24, no. 2; Mazurka op. 30, no. 4; Mazurka op. 41, no. 2; Ballade op. 52