Chronology | ||
Myth and reality: a biographical introduction | ||
The Growth of a Style | ||
Piano music and the public concert, 1800-1850 Janet Ritterman | ||
The nocturne: development of a new style David Rowland | ||
The twenty-seven etudes and their antecedents Simon Finlow | ||
Tonal architecture in the early music John Rink | ||
Profiles of the Music | ||
Extended forms: the ballades, scherzos and fantasies Jim Samson | ||
Small 'forms': in defence of the prelude Jeffrey Kallberg | ||
Beyond the dance Adrian Thomas | ||
The sonatas Anatole Leikin | ||
Reception | ||
Chopin in performance James Methuen-Campbell | ||
Chopin reception in nineteenth-century Poland Zofia Chechlinska | ||
Victorian attitudes to Chopin Derek Carew | ||
Chopin's influence on the fin de siecle and beyond Roy Howat | ||
Appendix: a historical survey of Chopin on disc James Methuen-Campbell | ||
Notes | ||
List of Chopin's works | ||
Bibliographical note | ||
Index |