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Franz Liszt sentì suonare per la prima volta Chopin il 26 febbraio 1832 a Parigi, nel primo concerto tenuto dal musicista polacco nella capitale francese e, con la straordinaria generosità e curiosità intellettuale che gli era propria, gli aprì le porte della Parigi colta, divenendone il più grande amico e protettore. Nel 1851, a meno di due anni di distanza dalla morte di Chopin, uscì questo libro che, più che come una biografia, si presenta piuttosto come un eccezionale ritratto dal vero. Nessuno, del resto, meglio di Liszt avrebbe potuto conoscere e capire Chopin: e non solo dal punto di vista musicale, entrambi essendo tra i principali innovatori dell'arte concertistica e gli indubbi creatori della figura del moderno concertista; ma anche dal punto di vista strettamente umano, e in questo senso la vita di Chopin è uno degli esempi più alti di quella identificazione romantica tra arte e vita che segnerà intere generazioni. Liszt si rivela così non solo, com'è naturale, eccellente critico musicale, ma anche finissimo e attento testimone della straordinaria storia d'amore che legò Chopin a George Sand, offrendo un ritratto a tutto tondo anche di questa splendida figura di donna e del suo tormentato rapporto con il grande musicista.
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- Pagine: 250
- Data di uscita: 24-06-2010
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I am surprised by the number of people who don't like or get this book. I think the general literary tastes of modern people has degraded so much that much of the prose of this book is unreadable or "too long" as one reviewer wrote. This isn't a biography of the boring details like how a modern biogr Leggi tutto
The five stars given were not for the writing style, which often descended into hyperbole, but for the magical opportunity to read one outstanding musician interpreting the life and work of another musician who was also his close friend - and that both are my top favourite musical classicists! I can Leggi tutto
Liszt had a man crush on Chopin :3
I read the book because the names of two of my favourite composers (Franz Liszt and F. Chopin) are closely linked to one another... However, I found myself reading a hagiography rather than a biography which is written in an old-fashioned style that confuses the modern reader by its affectation and
Funny because I didn't learn much on Chopin as a man. This was purple prose all over. Metaphors piled on top of similes attached to analogies. Liszt was a thrilling and gifted composer musician but maybe he could have asked his writer friends (George Sand comes to mind) to give him a hand with the b Leggi tutto
Valuable and highly entertaining Liszt, in his own melodramatic, extra way, recounts the music and life of Chopin in a rare, eyewitness biography. Valuable as a biography written by an actual friend of Chopin, who can accurately describe his personality, appearance, and conversations. So what if he sh Leggi tutto
As a classically trained pianist I had to read this, I’m a big fan of Chopin and his work, I also found most of his piano pieces impossible to play due to the long finger stretches. As we all know he was a piano teacher and that’s why he wrote a lot of etudes for his students. A good short read and Leggi tutto
Very complimentary and flowery. It surprised me because one always reads that Lizst was conceited. I thought he would not speak with such kind words about another composer and performer!
An enlightening insight of the character of Polish composer Frederic Chopin (1810-49), of whose life few know except through the works he left us. In this book, translated by Martha Walker Cook (1806-74) from the original French and originally published in about 1863, Franz Liszt (1811-86), a close
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