Chopin Studies 2
- Editor: Rink, John
- Editor: Samson, Jim
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Contents
- Preface
- 1. Chopin reception: theory, history, analysis Jim Samson
- 2. Chopin as 'salon composer' in nineteenth-century German criticism Andreas Ballstaedt
- 3. Chopin as modernist in nineteenth-century Russia Anne Swartz
- 4. Small fairy voices: sex, history and meaning in Chopin Jeffrey Kallberg
- 5. Chopin's Ballade Op. 23 and the revolution of the intellectuals Karol Berger
- 6. The Polonaise-Fantasy and issues of musical narrative Anthony Newcomb
- 7. Placing Chopin: reflections on a compositional aesthetic Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
- 8. Ambiguity and reinterpretation in Chopin Edward T. Cone
- 9. The Prelude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4: autograph sources and interpretation Carl Schachter
- 10. Performing the F# minor Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 L. Henry Shaffer
- 11. Chopin's tempo rubato in context David Rowland
- 12. Authentic Chopin: history, analysis and intuition in performance John Rink
- Appendix: encounters with Chopin: Fanny Erskine's Paris diary, 1847-8 Jeremy Barlow
- Index.