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Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano. Frederic Chopin. Piano sheet music.

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Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano. Frederic Chopin. Piano sheet music.

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Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano. Unlocking the Masters Series. Composed by Frederic Chopin. 1810-1849. For Piano. Keyboard. Unlocking the Masters. Softcover with CD. 146 pages. Published by Amadeus Press. HL.331699. ISBN 1574671480. 6x9 inches. Frédéric Chopin died a famous man with his place in the musical pantheon secure. Yet the works that were once most popular tended to be his lightest and least challenging, leading many listeners and critics to view him as a miniaturist and composer for the salon. The bold pieces now revered as his masterpieces-the epic and tragic structures of the ballades, scherzos, polonaises, and sonatas, and the compact but daring preludes and mazurkas-were rarely played and poorly understood. In fact, a larger proportion of Chopin's pieces are now in the active repertory than that of any composer. Chopin – A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano takes a detailed tour through the life and oeuvre of the sovereign master of the keyboard. The composer's metabolic adaptation of the melodic structures of Italian opera and the folk music of his native Poland for the resources of the piano are examined in detail, as are the originality and boldness he displayed throughout his tragically short, astonishing career. The book is accompanied by a CD containing 15 complete compositions. and one full movement from his Piano Sonata No. 2. performed by pianist Idil Biret, from her complete survey of the composer's music on the Naxos label. Ideal for music lovers, beginners and beyond. Each book comes with a CD. or CDs. to enhance the reader's appreciation for the music and its composer. Unlocking the Masters defines and clarifies the "greatness" of the so-called great composers, examines the work and impact of individual composers, and deepens knowledge of composers for music lovers. Accompanying CDs creatively link the music and text.

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Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano. Unlocking the Masters Series. Composed by Frederic Chopin. 1810-1849. For Piano. Keyboard. Unlocking the Masters. Softcover with CD. 146 pages. Published by Amadeus Press. HL.331699. ISBN 1574671480. 6x9 inches. Frédéric Chopin died a famous man with his place in the musical pantheon secure. Yet the works that were once most popular tended to be his lightest and least challenging, leading many listeners and critics to view him as a miniaturist and composer for the salon. The bold pieces now revered as his masterpieces-the epic and tragic structures of the ballades, scherzos, polonaises, and sonatas, and the compact but daring preludes and mazurkas-were rarely played and poorly understood. In fact, a larger proportion of Chopin's pieces are now in the active repertory than that of any composer. Chopin – A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano takes a detailed tour through the life and oeuvre of the sovereign master of the keyboard. The composer's metabolic adaptation of the melodic structures of Italian opera and the folk music of his native Poland for the resources of the piano are examined in detail, as are the originality and boldness he displayed throughout his tragically short, astonishing career. The book is accompanied by a CD containing 15 complete compositions. and one full movement from his Piano Sonata No. 2. performed by pianist Idil Biret, from her complete survey of the composer's music on the Naxos label. Ideal for music lovers, beginners and beyond. Each book comes with a CD. or CDs. to enhance the reader's appreciation for the music and its composer. Unlocking the Masters defines and clarifies the "greatness" of the so-called great composers, examines the work and impact of individual composers, and deepens knowledge of composers for music lovers. Accompanying CDs creatively link the music and text.