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The author examines the Second Ballade, Op. 38, and how that work gave voice to the Polish cultural preoccupations of the 1830s, using musical conventions from French opera and amateur piano music. This approach provides answers to several persistent questions about the work's form, programmati...

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Main Author: Bellman, Jonathan, 1957- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Chopin, Frédéric, > 1810-1849. > Ballades, > piano.
Ballades (Chopin, Frédéric)
Ballades (Instrumental music) > History and criticism.
Piano music > History and criticism.
Ballades (Musique instrumentale) > Histoire et critique.
Piano, Musique de > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Piano & Keyboard.
Ballades (Instrumental music)
Piano music
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The author examines the Second Ballade, Op. 38, and how that work gave voice to the Polish cultural preoccupations of the 1830s, using musical conventions from French opera and amateur piano music. This approach provides answers to several persistent questions about the work's form, programmatic content, and poetic inspiration.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) : music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
ISBN:9780199863723
0199863725
9780199713424
0199713421