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Download or read book Chopin and His World written by Jonathan D. Bellman and published by Bard Music Festival (Hardcover. This book was released on 2017 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Introduction -- PART I. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CONTEXTS -- Chopin's Oneiric Soundscapes and the Role of Dreams in Romantic Culture -- Józef Sikorski's "Recollection of Chopin": The Earliest Essay on Chopin and His Music -- Chopin and the Gothic -- Revisiting Chopin's Tubercular Song, or, An Opera in the Making -- Chopin and Jews -- PART II. MUSICAL AND PIANISTIC CONTEXTS -- Middlebrow Becomes Transcendent: The Popular Roots of Chopin's Musical Language -- Karol Kurpiński on the Musical Expression of Polish National Sentiment -- Dance and the Music of Chopin: The Polonaise -- The Barcarolle and the Barcarolle: Topic and Genre in Chopin -- Chopin and Improvisation -- Chopin Among the Pianists in Paris -- The Hand of Chopin: Documents and Commentary -- AFTERWORD -- Chopin and the Consequences of Exile -- Index -- Notes on Contributors