Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of a Romantic Composer

Author: Tad Szolc (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book introduces the shining life story of the most talented musician of the 19th century, Chopin, in a Romantic era. The story primarily takes place in Paris, where he lived for eighteen years, nearly half of his short life. Telling Chopin's story inevitably involves another person—George Sand, a rebellious female writer who was both his lover and protector. The author, with rich imagination and insight, draws widely from diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and other materials to depict the composer's love life and creative journey in Paris, revealing the profound inner world and complex love experiences of Chopin and George Sand. This book introduces the shining life story of the most talented musician of the 19th century, Chopin, in a Romantic era. He lived in Paris for eighteen years, nearly half of his short life, shining at the center of a constellation of geniuses. These talents formed an era—Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Eugène Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, and of course George Sand, a rebellious female writer who became Chopin's lover and protector. The author, with rich imagination and insight, draws widely from diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and other materials to depict the composer's love life and creative journey in Paris, revealing the profound inner world and complex love experiences of Chopin and George Sand. This book introduces the shining life story of the most talented musician of the 19th century, Chopin, in a Romantic era. He lived in Paris for eighteen years, nearly half of his short life, shining at the center of a constellation of geniuses. These talents formed an era—Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Eugène Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, and of course George Sand, a rebellious female writer who became Chopin's lover and protector. The author, with rich imagination and insight, draws widely from diaries, memoirs, correspondence, and other materials to depict the composer's love life and creative journey in Paris, revealing the profound inner world and complex love experiences of Chopin and George Sand.