Notes on Chopin

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Cover of the book Notes on Chopin by André Gide, Philosophical Library/Open Road
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Author: André Gide ISBN: 9781453244654
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Philosophical Library/Open Road Language: English
Author: André Gide
ISBN: 9781453244654
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Publication: February 14, 2012
Imprint: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Language: English

An inspiring discourse on the power of music from one of the twentieth century’s most important figures, André Gide

 

André Gide, one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century and a devoted pianist, invites readers to reevaluate Frédéric Chopin as a composer “betrayed . . . deeply, intimately, totally violated” by a music community that had fundamentally misinterpreted his work. As a profound admirer of Chopin’s “promenade of discoveries,” Gide intersperses musical notation throughout the text to illuminate his arguments, but most moving is Gide’s own poetic expression for the music he so loved.

 

This edition includes rare pages and fragments from Gide’s journals, which relate to Chopin and music.

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An inspiring discourse on the power of music from one of the twentieth century’s most important figures, André Gide

 

André Gide, one of the great intellectuals of the twentieth century and a devoted pianist, invites readers to reevaluate Frédéric Chopin as a composer “betrayed . . . deeply, intimately, totally violated” by a music community that had fundamentally misinterpreted his work. As a profound admirer of Chopin’s “promenade of discoveries,” Gide intersperses musical notation throughout the text to illuminate his arguments, but most moving is Gide’s own poetic expression for the music he so loved.

 

This edition includes rare pages and fragments from Gide’s journals, which relate to Chopin and music.

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