Notes on Chopin

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453244654

<DIV><b>An inspiring discourse on the power of music from one of the twentieth century&rsquo;s most important figures, Andr&eacute; Gide</b></div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>Andr&eacute; Gide, one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century and a devoted pianist, invites readers to reevaluate Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Chopin as a composer &ldquo;betrayed . . . deeply, intimately, totally violated&rdquo; by a music community that had fundamentally misinterpreted his work. As a profound admirer of Chopin&rsquo;s &ldquo;promenade of discoveries,&rdquo; Gide intersperses musical notation throughout the text to illuminate his arguments, but most moving is Gide&rsquo;s own poetic expression for the music he so loved.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This edition includes rare pages and fragments from Gide&rsquo;s journals, which relate to Chopin and music.</div>