Chopin's Polish ballade : op. 38 as narrative of national martyrdom /

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.
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by Bellman, Jonathan, 1957-
Published 2010

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