The Parisian worlds of Frédéric Chopin / by Atwood, William G., 1932-2011

Table of Contents: “…: coping with poultices, purges, and the Parisian medical profession -- Visions of a better world: searching for utopia from Menilmontant to the Rue Vanneau -- The big shadow of the little corporal: Napoléon becomes a legend -- Epilogue: obituary and funeral of Frédéric Chopin -- Appendix. The Paris residence of Frédéric Chopin.…”
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Unfinished portraits : stories of musicians and artists / by Lee, Jennette, 1860-1951

Table of Contents: “…There was in Florence a lady -- Thumbs and fugues -- A window of music -- Frederic Chopin-a record -- The man with the glove -- The lost monogram.…”
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Composers in the movies : studies in musical biography / by Tibbetts, John C.

Table of Contents: “…The classical style: composers in the studio era -- A song remembered: Frédéric Chopin goes to war -- The new Tin Pan Alley: Hollywood looks at American popular songwriters -- "Just an innocent bystander": the composer films of Ken Russell -- "A long, dark coda into the night": the composer films of Tony Palmer -- Revisionist portraits: a medley of recent composer biopics.…”
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Ohne Worte : vocality and instrumentality in 19th-century music / by Torbianelli, Edoardo, 1970-, Roudet, Jeanne, Bartoli, Jean-Pierre, Seaton, Douglass, Mossburger, Hubert

Table of Contents: “…Playing with images : character and emotion in the age of romanticism / Edoardo Torbianelli -- "Inner voices' and "deep combinations" : Robert Schumann's approach to romantic polyphony / Hubert Moßburger -- Frédéric Chopin, Clara Schuman, and the singing piano school / Jeanne Roudet -- Vocal patterns in the themes of Berlioz's instrumental music / Jean-Pierre Bartoli -- Plot and narrative in Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings and piano / Douglass Seaton -- Robert Schumann's poetic paraphrases : analytical implications / Hubert Moßburger.…”
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Ohne Worte : vocality and instrumentality in 19th-century music / by Mossburger, Hubert, Seaton, Douglass, Roudet, Jeanne, Torbianelli, Edoardo, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Playing with images : character and emotion in the Age of Romanticism / Edoardo Torbianelli -- "Inner voices" and "deep combinations" : Robert Schumann's approach to romantic polyphony / Hubert Mossburger -- Frederic Chopin, Clara Schuman, and the singing piano school / Jeanne Roudet -- Vocal patterns in the themes of Berlioz's instrumental music / Jean-Pierre Bartoli -- Plot and narrative in Mendelssohn's chamber music for strings and piano / Douglass Seaton -- Robert Schumann's poetic paraphrases : analytical implications / personalia / Hubert Mossburger.…”
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The Life of Chopin. by Liszt, Franz

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Master classes with Menahem Pressler / by Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Johannes Brahms -- Interlude III. Poor Pianos. 5. Frédéric Chopin -- Interlude IV. Hotel Stories. 6. Claude Debussy -- 7. …”
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Freedom and the arts : essays on music and literature / by Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012

Table of Contents: “…The weight of society -- Freedom and art -- Culture on the market -- The future of music -- The canon -- Dramatic and tonal logic in Mozart's operas -- Mozart's entry into the twentieth century -- The triumph of Mozart -- Drama and figured bass in Mozart's concertos -- Mozart and posterity -- Structural dissonance and the classical sonata -- Tradition without convention -- Felix Mendelssohn at 200 : prodigy without peer -- Happy birthday, Elliott Carter! -- Frédéric Chopin, reactionary and revolutionary -- Robert Schumann, a vision of the future -- Long perspectives -- The New Grove's dictionary returns -- Western music : the view from California -- Theodore Adorno : criticism as cultural nostalgia -- Resuscitating opera : Alessandro Scarlatti -- Operatic paradoxes : the ridiculous and sublime -- Lost chords and the golden age of pianism -- Montaigne : philosophy as process -- La Fontaine : the ethical power of style -- The anatomy lesson : melancholy and the invention of boredom -- Mallarmé and the transfiguration of poetry -- Hoffmansthal and radical modernism -- The private obsessions of Wystan Auden -- Old wisdom and newfangled theory : two one-way streets to disaster.…”
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Master classes with Menahem Pressler / by Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Johannes Brahms -- Interlude III. Poor Pianos. 5. Frédéric Chopin -- Interlude IV. Hotel Stories. 6. Claude Debussy -- 7. …”
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Menahem Pressler : artistry in piano teaching / by Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Fifteen Johann Sebastian BachSixteen Béla Bartók; Seventeen Ludwig van Beethoven; Eighteen Johannes Brahms; Nineteen Frédéric Chopin; Twenty Claude Debussy; Twenty-One Joseph Haydn; Twenty-Two Franz Liszt; Twenty-Three Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Twenty-Four Serge Prokofiev; Twenty-Five Maurice Ravel; Twenty-Six Franz Schubert; Twenty-Seven Robert Schumann; Twenty-Eight Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Twenty-Nine Carl Maria von Weber; Appendix A. …”
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Piano lessons with Claudio Arrau : a guide to his philosophy and techniques / by Arx, Victoria A. von

Table of Contents: “…s Collaboration with Rafael De Silva: A Community of Learners""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Lessons""; ""1. FREDERIC CHOPIN: BALLADE NO. 2 IN F MAJOR, OP. 38""; ""2. …”
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The Beginnings of Polish Musicology by Sieradz, Malgorzata

Table of Contents: “…Societies, associations, institutes of the interwar period: 'Club of professional music press' - Polish Society for Contemporary Music - Polish Musicological Society - Frederic Chopin Institute - Association of Early Music Lovers and Publishing Society -- 3. …”
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Mediterrane Räume : Geschichte und Gegenwart eines interkulturellen Austauschs /

Table of Contents: “…Beobachtungen und Überlegungen -- Literatur -- Internetquelle -- Frédéric Chopins Opus nº 28 unter transkulturellen Aspekten -- Einleitung -- Kulturbegriff -- Interkulturell und transkulturell -- Prelude 15 aus dem Zyklus der 24 Preludes Opus nº 28 -- Schlussbemerkung -- Literatur -- Internetquelle -- Die Rezeption des kroatischen Schriftstellers Miroslav Krleža im deutschsprachigen Raum -- 1. …”
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Masterworks of the orchestral repertoire : a guide for listeners / by Ferguson, Donald N. 1882-1985

Table of Contents: “…Georges Bizet (1838-1875) : Symphony in C major ; Suites nos. 1 and 2, from L'Arlesienne -- Ernest Bloch (b. 1880) : Concerto grosso no. 2, for strings ; Schelomo (Solomon), rhapsody for violoncello and orchestra -- Alexander Borodin (1834-1887) : Symphony no. 2, in B minor ; A Sketch of the Steppes of Central Asia ; Polovtzian dances, from Prince Igor -- Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor, op. 68 ; Symphony no. 2, in D major, op. 73 ; Symphony no. 3, in F major, op. 90 ; Symphony no. 4, in E minor, op. 98 ; Academic Festival Overture, op. 80 ; Tragic Overture, op. 81 ; Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in D minor, op. 15 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no, 2, in B flat major, op. 83 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77 -- Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) : Symphony no. 1, in C minor ; Symphony no. 3, in D minor ; Symphony no. 4, in E flat major (Romantic) ; Symphony no. 5, in B flat major ; Symphony no. 7, in E major ; Symphony no. 9, in D minor -- Ernest Amedee Chausson (1855-1890) : Symphony in B flat major, op. 20 ; Poeme, for violin and orchestra, op. 25 -- Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) : Overture to Anacreon ; Overture to Les Abencerages -- Francois Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) : Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 1, in E minor, op. 11 ; Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2, in F minor, op. 21 -- Aaron Copland (b. 1900) : A Dance Symphony ; Symphony no. 3 ; El Salon Mexico ; An Outdoor Overture -- Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) : Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) ; La mer (The Sea), three orchestral sketches ; Images, for orchestra -- Paul Dukas (1865-1935) : Symphony in C minor ; Scherzo, L'Apprenti Sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) -- Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) : Symphony no. 4, in G major, op. 88 ; Symphony no. 5, in E minor (From The New World), op. 95 ; Concert overture, Carneval, op. 92 ; Concerto for violin and orchestra in A minor, op. 53 ; Concerto for violoncello and orchestra in B minor, op. 104 -- Edward Elgar (1857-1934) : Enigma Variations, op. 35 ; concerto for violin and orchestra, op. 61.…”
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