Middlebrow Becomes Transcendent: The Popular Roots of Chopin’s Musical Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Permissions x
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CONTEXTS
7. Chopin’s Oneiric Soundscapes and the Role of Dreams in Romantic Culture 15
8. Józef Sikorski’s “Recollection of Chopin”: The Earliest Essay on Chopin and His Music 45
9. Chopin and the Gothic 85
10. Revisiting Chopin’s Tubercular Song, or, An Opera in the Making 103
11. Chopin and Jews 123
12. PART II. MUSICAL AND PIANISTIC CONTEXTS
13. Middlebrow Becomes Transcendent: The Popular Roots of Chopin’s Musical Language 147
14. Karol Kurpiński on the Musical Expression of 171 Polish National Sentiment 171
15. Dance and the Music of Chopin: The Polonaise 187
16. The Barcarolle and the Barcarolle: Topic and Genre in Chopin 231
17. Chopin and Improvisation 249
18. Chopin Among the Pianists in Paris 271
19. The Hand of Chopin: Documents and Commentary 297
20. Afterword
21. Chopin and the Consequences of Exile 315
22. Index 357
23. Contributors 366