Biographies of Frédéric Chopin

Maurycy Karasowski [de; pl], one of Chopin's early biographers

By the first decades of the 21st century, over a hundred biographies of Frédéric Chopin had been published.[1]

Full biographies

Book-length biographies of Chopin's entire life include:

  • Liszt, Franz (1852). F. Chopin (in French). Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel.[2][3]
    • — (1880). Life of Chopin. Translated by Cook, Martha Walker [at Wikisource] (4th ed.) – via Project Gutenberg.
    • — (1890). F. Chopin (in French) (4th ed.). Leipzig: Breitkopf et Haertel – via Project Gutenberg.
  • Karasowski, Maurycy [pl] (first name in German: Moritz [de]):
    • — (1877). Friedrich Chopin: Sein Leben, seine Werke und Briefe (in German). Dresden: Ries. (2 vols.)
    • — (1878). Friedrich Chopin: Sein Leben und seine Briefe (in German) (2nd, reworked and enlarged ed.). Dresden: Ries.[4]
    • — (1879). Frederick Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works. Translated by Hill, Emily. London: Reeves. (2 vols.)[4]
  • Niecks, Frederick (1888). Frederick Chopin: As a Man and Musician. Novello, Ewer & Co.[5][3]
    • Volume I
    • Volume II
  • Zamoyski, Adam (1979). Chopin: A Biography. London: Collins. ISBN 0002160897. OCLC 5948326.
    • — (1980). Chopin: A New Biography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. ISBN 0385135971. OCLC 639395617.[3]
    • — (2010). Chopin: Prince of the Romantics (revised digital ed.). London: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780007351824. OCLC 891811930.
  • Walker, Alan (2018). Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374714376.[1][6]

Partial biographies

Book-length biographies concentrating on a limited number of episodes in Chopin's life include:

  • Szulc, Tad (1998). Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-82458-1.[7]
  • Eisler, Benita (2007) [2003]. Chopin's Funeral. Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 9780307425256.[8]

Collections of primary documents

Bundled primary documents, such as letters and diaries, pertaining to Chopin's life include:[9][10]

  • Chopin's Letters (1931).
  • Selected Correspondence of Fryderyk Chopin (1962).
    • Based on Bronisław Edward Sydow's collection
    • Translations by Arthur Hedley
  • Chopin's Polish Letters (2016). ISBN 9788364823190.
    • Published by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
    • Translations by David Frick

References

  1. ^ a b Pekacz 2019.
  2. ^ John Rink [fr] and Jim Samson, eds. (2006). Chopin Studies 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521034333, p. 23.
  3. ^ a b c Smaliek & Trochimczyk 2015
  4. ^ a b Helman-Bednarczyk 2016, p. 18.
  5. ^ "Review: Niecks's Chopin". The Musical Times. 30 (552): 73–75. 1 February 1889. doi:10.2307/3359954. JSTOR 3359954.
  6. ^ da Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna [d]. "An Ingenious Frédéric Chopin". The New York Times. 19 November 2018.
  7. ^ Driver 1998.
  8. ^ Miller 2003.
  9. ^ Helman-Bednarczyk 2016, pp. 16–17.
  10. ^ Milewski 2019.

Sources

  • Driver, Paul (5 April 1998). "Heartless Romantic: A biography of Chopin finds the dark side of the composer". The New York Times.
  • Helman-Bednarczyk, Zofia (December 2016). "The New Edition of Chopin's Correspondence". Musicology Today. 13 (1). De Gruyter Open: 3–20. doi:10.1515/muso-2016-0009.
  • Milewski, Barbara (April 2019). "Book Review: Fryderyk Chopin, Chopin's Polish Letters, trans. David Frick". Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 16 (1). Cambridge University Press: 108–113. doi:10.1017/S147940981700074X. S2CID 188813839.
  • Miller, Lucasta (21 June 2003). "The composer who never grew up". The Guardian.
  • Pekacz, Jolanta (April 2019). "Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times. By Alan Walker. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. 727 pp. ISBN 9780374159061". CAML Review. 47 (1): 51–52.
  • Smaliek, William; Trochimczyk, Maja (2015). "Biographies". Fréderic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide (2nd ed.). New York and London: Routledge. pp. 7–13, 96–105. ISBN 9780415998840.

External links

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Concertante works
  • Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11
  • Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13
  • Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
  • Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
  • Allegro de concert, Op. 46
Chamber music
and songs
  • Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
  • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
  • Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
  • Grand Duo concertant
  • 19 Polish Songs
Ballades
  • No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
  • No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
  • No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47
  • No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Études
Opus 10
  • No. 1
  • No. 2
  • No. 3
  • No. 4
  • No. 5
  • No. 6
  • No. 7
  • No. 8
  • No. 9
  • No. 10
  • No. 11
  • No. 12
Opus 25
  • No. 1
  • No. 2
  • No. 3
  • No. 4
  • No. 5
  • No. 6
  • No. 7
  • No. 8
  • No. 9
  • No. 10
  • No. 11
  • No. 12
Trois nouvelles études
Impromptus
  • No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 29
  • No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36
  • No. 3 in G♭ major, Op. 51
  • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66
Mazurkas
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
  • 5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
  • 3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
  • 3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
  • 3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
  • 3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
  • 4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
  • Posthumous mazurkas without opus numbers
Nocturnes
  • 3 Nocturnes, Op. 9
  • 3 Nocturnes, Op. 15
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 27
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 32
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 37
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 48
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 55
  • 2 Nocturnes, Op. 62
  • Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72
  • Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. posth.
  • Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.
Piano sonatas
  • No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
  • No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March)
  • No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Polonaises
  • Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
  • Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
  • 2 Polonaises, Op. 26
  • 2 Polonaises, Op. 40 (Military)
  • Polonaise, Op. 44 (Tragic)
  • Polonaise, Op. 53 (Heroic)
  • Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
  • 3 Polonaises, Op. posth. 71
  • Posthumous polonaises without opus numbers
Preludes
Opus 28
  • No. 1 in C major
  • No. 2 in A minor
  • No. 3 in G major
  • No. 4 in E minor
  • No. 5 in D major
  • No. 6 in B minor
  • No. 7 in A major
  • No. 8 in F♯ minor
  • No. 9 in E major
  • No. 10 in C♯ minor
  • No. 11 in B major
  • No. 12 in G♯ minor
  • No. 13 in F♯ major
  • No. 14 in E♭ minor
  • No. 15 in D♭ major
  • No. 16 in B♭ minor
  • No. 17 in A♭ major
  • No. 18 in F minor
  • No. 19 in E♭ major
  • No. 20 in C minor
  • No. 21 in B♭ major
  • No. 22 in G minor
  • No. 23 in F major
  • No. 24 in D minor
Others
  • Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 45
  • Prelude in A♭ major (ded. Pierre Wolff)
  • Devil's Trill Prelude
Rondos
  • Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
  • Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
  • Rondo in E♭ major, Op. 16
  • Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
  • Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14
Scherzos
  • No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
  • No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31
  • No. 3 in C♯ minor, Op. 39
  • No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Waltzes
  • Grande valse brillante in E♭ major, Op. 18
  • 3 Waltzes, Op. 34
  • Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 42
  • Waltz in D♭ major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Minute)
  • Waltz in C♯ minor, Op. 64, No. 2
  • Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 64, No. 3
  • Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Farewell)
  • Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2
  • 3 Waltzes, Op. posth. 70
  • Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.
  • Waltz in E major, Op. posth.
  • Waltz in A minor, Op. posth.
Miscellaneous
With opus numbers
Variations brillantes in B♭ major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12
Boléro, Op. 19
Tarantelle in A♭ major, Op. 43
Allegro de concert, Op. 46
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
Berceuse in D♭ major, Op. 57
Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op. 60
Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2
Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3
17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74
Without opus numbers
Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151
Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117
2 Bourrées, B. 160b
Canon in F minor, B. 129a
Cantabile in B♭ major, B. 84
Contredanse in G♭ major (doubtful), B. 17
Fugue in A minor, B. 144
3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2
Galopp in A♭ (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13
Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6
Klavierstück in B♭ (1834), P. 2/6
Klavierstück in E♭ (1837), P. 2/5
Klavierstück in E♭ (1840), P. 2/10
Largo in E♭, B. 109
2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132
Variations in A major, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37
Variation in E major for Hexameron, B. 113
Variations in E major for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5
Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14
Ballets to Chopin
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