Transcriberʼs Notes

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For the readers convenience, the index from Vol. II. hasbeen added to the end of this volume.

FREDERIC CHOPIN

HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND WORKS.


FREDERIC CHOPIN.

FREDERIC CHOPIN.


FREDERIC CHOPIN

HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND WORKS

BY

MORITZ KARASOWSKI.

With Portrait.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY

EMILY HILL.

“Chopin is and remains the boldest and proudest poetic spirit of the age.”—

Robert Schumann

IN TWO VOLUMES.—VOL. I.

LONDON:
WILLIAM REEVES, 185, FLEET STREET,
Publisher of Musical Works.
1879.

G. HILL, STEAM PRINTER,
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD,
LONDON.


CONTENTS.

 PAGE.
Prefacevii.
CHAPTER I.

Nicholas Chopinʼs Family and Friends. Zywny. Elsner.

1.
CHAPTER II.

Fredericʼs Childhood. His First Appearance in Public.Polish National Songs.

17.
CHAPTER III.

Chopinʼs Early Manhood. His First Journey. HisRelations with Prince Anton Radziwill

33.
CHAPTER IV.

The Journey to Berlin. Chopinʼs Letters. An Incidentof the Return to Warsaw

40.
CHAPTER V.

Journey to Vienna, Prague, Teplitz, Dresden. ChopinʼsPerformance at two Concerts in Vienna

59.
CHAPTER VI.

Influence of the Last Journey on Chopin. Letters toTitus Woyciechowski. Farewell Concert in Warsaw.Chopin leaves his Native City

87.
CHAPTER VII.

The Classic and Romantic Elements in Polish Literature.Influence of the Romantic School on Chopin. HisFirst Compositions

123.
CHAPTER VIII.

German and Italian Music in the years 1827—1831.Johann Matuszynski

140.
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