Chopin

The Man and His Music

by James Huneker

PART I.—THE MAN.

I.    POLAND:--YOUTHFUL IDEALS

II.   PARIS:--IN THE MAELSTROM

III. ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND FERE LA CHAISE

IV. THE ARTIST

V.  POET AND PSYCHOLOGIST

 

PART II.—HIS MUSIC.

VI. THE STUDIES:--TITANIC EXPERIMENTS

VII.            MOODS IN MINIATURE: THE PRELUDES

VIII.           IMPROMPTUS AND VALSES

IX. NIGHT AND ITS MELANCHOLY MYSTERIES: THE NOCTURNES

X.  THE BALLADES: FAERY DRAMAS

XI. CLASSICAL CURRENTS

XII.            THE POLONAISES: HEROIC HYMNS OF BATTLE

XIII.           MAZURKAS: DANCES OF THE SOUL

XIV.          CHOPIN THE CONQUEROR

 

 

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