Life of Chopin Franz Liszt Martha Walker Cook Timeless Classic Books 9781453698419 Books
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The life and times of Frederic Chopin as told by composer Franz Liszt. Liszt was a composer and virtuoso pianist who was born in Hungary. Some of his contemporaries praised him as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time. Liszt became well known throughout Europe for his masterful performances and important compositions. His incredible array of new innovations in keyboard technique remain unrivalled to this day. Liszt was the inventor of the symphonic poem - an elastic single movement form used by many other composers such as Richard Strauss and Saint-Saens. It is fascinating to read about Chopin through the eyes of Franz Liszt - a musical genius in his own right. (Timeless Classic Books)
Life of Chopin Franz Liszt Martha Walker Cook Timeless Classic Books 9781453698419 Books
Liszt, in his own melodramatic, extra way, recounts the music and life of Chopin in a rare, eyewitness biography.Valuable as a biography written by an actual friend of Chopin, who can accurately describe his personality, appearance, and conversations.
So what if he shamelessly quotes “Lucrezia Floriani” descriptions of Prince Karol and pretends they are describing Chopin, or spends half the book explaining how attractive Polish women are? As a historical study this book shows much of Liszt as well: apparently he was convinced the Floriani portrayal was Chopin, and he was very much in love with his Polish girlfriend Princess Carolyne. Carolyne is assumed to have ghostwritten this book, but I can’t imagine her going on about the caresses of Polish women. I credit Liszt with writing this book, otherwise half of it wouldn’t be about hot women.
This book also analyzes several Chopin pieces and describes the polonaise and mazurka dances to give excellent background information on the music.
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Life of Chopin Franz Liszt Martha Walker Cook Timeless Classic Books 9781453698419 Books Reviews
Superb account of Chopin's inner motivations and psycological context of his artistry. Rendered by a contemporary top piano artist, player and composer, admirer and friend.
I can't complain, I did the research. Like the reviews said, here is next to nothing about the life of Chopin.
What you get is an overdose of ramblings about music, very unspecific and unscientific.
You have to imagine Liszt and his mistress, musing over Chopin's music over a bottle of wine perhaps.
Most people would consider the book unreadable.
A curiosity, a glimpse of something from those lost days, if you're really very specially interested.
Very interesting book but not exactly "light" reading. Franz Liszt is a very eloquent writer and continues on quite a bit. Not exactly concise, beautiful 19th century writing if you're familiar with that style.
Dense. Very interesting but not compelling enough to complete it. Other reviewers take many other aspects of this to be a problem, but mine was just the density of the prose vs. the value of the content and meaning. It certainly gave interesting depictions of the royalty and elite of Poland and how their culture of throwing dance parties was the inspiration for some of the various forms Chopin wrote, however to plod through to get only that, and certainly nothing really compelling or biographical of the "Life" of Chopin; more of an opinion of the times surrounding him, with mentions of Chopin and his piano pieces.
A bit dry, but consider the times of the author.
One of my favorite composers, however this book was hard to get through.
I have to thank Liszt for this book, lovely as-if Chopin was speaking through him.
I really love this book, if you're in love with "Shakespeare" and centenary scriptures, you will find this book very pleasing. This is not a biography of Chopin. Rather, this is more of a description of the ambiance during his existence, and of course it speaks on how he dealt with it, in the point of view of a pianist/musician. You can tell Liszt really appreciated Chopin and felt his death was a great loss of talent and imagination (all in one person alone). Chopin was merely a few months older than Liszt and was gone before he was able to accomplish everything he would've wanted (this book is more than proof of that). Liszt died of old age at a time most life expectancy ranged from 35 to 55, unless you caught smallpox or measles which would often ravage the life off infants and children. Liszt knew that there was no way he'd die before telling the world about his beloved fallen friend. Still not knowing when he himself would join the Heavens, he wrote all that reminded him of Chopin. He adorned the book with amazing stories about things he's share with Chopin, in life. If you've read the book "Chopin's Letters" you will be convinced that this book is all about how Chopin saw the world with his own eyes. Chopin, with his blunt and yet dreamy approach will captivate anyone, and you'll be convinced that he was one of the best sages. To me the best Pianist that ever lived.
Liszt, in his own melodramatic, extra way, recounts the music and life of Chopin in a rare, eyewitness biography.
Valuable as a biography written by an actual friend of Chopin, who can accurately describe his personality, appearance, and conversations.
So what if he shamelessly quotes “Lucrezia Floriani” descriptions of Prince Karol and pretends they are describing Chopin, or spends half the book explaining how attractive Polish women are? As a historical study this book shows much of Liszt as well apparently he was convinced the Floriani portrayal was Chopin, and he was very much in love with his Polish girlfriend Princess Carolyne. Carolyne is assumed to have ghostwritten this book, but I can’t imagine her going on about the caresses of Polish women. I credit Liszt with writing this book, otherwise half of it wouldn’t be about hot women.
This book also analyzes several Chopin pieces and describes the polonaise and mazurka dances to give excellent background information on the music.
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