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| Contents |
A Frenchman in Warsaw -- Child prodigy -- Adolescence -- Branching out -- Enter Chopin -- Emotional gropings -- On his own -- A pole in Paris -- Delphina -- The rise and fall of a matrimonial project -- Preludes -- Like a family -- Years of glory -- The glory and the agony -- Parting -- A London season -- In Scotland and England -- Not alone. |
| Abstract |
Disclosing intimate correspondence that may alter the traditional image of Chopin, this biography portrays the composer as a reticent man who was attracted to dominating women and who longed for a warm, stable family life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index. |
| LCCN | 78323027 |
| ISBN | 0094623309 : |
