Chopin - Rink, John

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Résumé :
This anthology brings together the most significant and engaging scholarly writing on Chopin. The essays portray a rounded picture of Chopin as composer, pianist and teacher of his music, and of his overall achievement and legacy....

Biographie:
John Rink is Professor of Musical Performance Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. He directs the Chopin Online projects and The Complete Chopin - A New Critical Edition...

Sommaire:
Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical perspectives -- 1. Jolanta T. Pekacz, 'The nation's property: Chopin's biography as a cultural discourse', in Jolanta T. Pekacz (ed.), Musical Biography: Towards New Paradigms (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2006), pp. 43-68 -- 2. J?zef Chomi?ski, 'Die Evolution des Chopinschen Stils', in Zofia Lissa (ed.), The Book of the First International Musicological Congress Devoted to the Works of Frederick Chopin (Warsaw: P?stwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1963), pp. 44-52 -- 3. Mieczys?aw Tomaszewski, 'Chopin's inspiration from Polish common song', in Artur Szklener (ed.), Chopin's Work: His Inspirations and Creative Process in the Light of the Sources (Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina), pp. 43-53 -- 4. Barbara Milewski, 'Chopin's mazurkas and the myth of the folk', 19th-Century Music 23 /2 (1999), pp. 113-135 -- 5. Ludwik Bronarski, 'La derni?re mazurka de Chopin', in Ludwik Bronarski, Etudes sur Chopin (Lausanne: Editions La Concorde, 1944), pp. 165-175 -- 6. Karol Berger, 'Chopin's Ballade Op. 23 and the revolution of the intellectuals', in John Rink and Jim Samson (eds.), Chopin Studies 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. 72-83 -- 7. Anselm Gerhard, 'Ballade und Drama', Archiv f?r Musikwissenschaft 48 (1991), pp. 110-125 -- 8. James W. Davison, An Essay on the Works of Frederic Chopin (London: Wessel & Co. [1843]) -- Part II: Source studies -- 9. John Rink, 'Playing with the Chopin sources', in Irena Poniatowska (ed.), Jan Ekier: artysta stulecia w darze Chopinowi (Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 2013), pp. 171-185 -- 10. Wojciech Nowik, 'The receptive-informational role of Chopin's musical autographs', in Dariusz ??browski (ed.), Studies in Chopin (Warsaw: Towarzystwo im. Fryderyka Chopina, 1973), pp. 77-89 -- 11. Jeffrey Kallberg, 'Chopin and the aesthetic of the sketch: a new Prelude in E-flat minor?', Early Music 29 (2001), pp. 408-422 -- 12. Jan Ekier, 'On questions relating to the chronology of Chopin's works. Methods. A few examples concerning compositions from the last period', in Artur Szklener (ed.), Chopin's Musical Worlds: The 1840s (Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 2008), pp. 169-188 -- 13. Charles Rosen, 'The first movement of Chopin's Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35', 19th-Century Music 14 /1 (1990), pp. 60-66 -- 14. Maurice J. E. Brown, 'The posthumous publication of Chopin's songs', Musical Quarterly 42 (1956), pp. 51-65 -- 15. Christophe Grabowski, 'Wessel's Complete Collection of the Compositions of Frederic Chopin: the history of a title-page', Early Music 29 (2001), pp. 424-433 -- Part III: Performance studies -- 16. Dana Gooley, 'Between esprit and g?nie - Chopin in the field of performance', in Artur Szklener (ed.), Chopin's Musical Worlds: The 1840s (Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 2008), pp. 141-156 -- 17. James Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day (London: Gollancz, 1981): Chapter 1, 'The playing of Chopin and his contemporaries', pp. 26-44 -- 18. David Rowland, 'Chopin's tempo rubato in context', in John Rink and Jim Samson (eds.), Chopin Studies 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. 199-213 -- 19. Thomas Higgins, 'Tempo and character in Chopin', Musical Quarterly 59 (1973), pp. 106-120 -- 20. Sandra Rosenblum, 'Some enigmas of Chopin's pedal indications: what do the sources tell us?', Journal of Musicological Research 16 (1996), pp. 41-61 -- 21. Nicholas Cook, 'Performance analysis and Chopin's mazurkas', in Artur Szklener (ed.), Chopin in Paris: The 1830s (Warsaw: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, 2008), pp. 121-141 -- Part IV: Analysis, aesthetics, reception -- 22. Jim Samson, 'Chopin and genre', Music Analysis 8 /3 (1989), pp. 213-23...