Chopin's funeral

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A portrait of the great composer examines his final years, his legendary affair with novelist George Sand, his life as an artist in exile, and his decline and destitute final days.

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Title Statements

Full title :Chopin's funeral / Benita Eisler.

Summary

A portrait of the great composer examines his final years, his legendary affair with novelist George Sand, his life as an artist in exile, and his decline and destitute final days.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Knopf
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

The Physical Object

Description:230 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0375409459, 9780375409455, 0375708685, 9780375708688
oclc:ocm50091816
LC Classification:ML410.C54
Dewey Decimal:B

Lacrymosa dies illa, "what weeping on that day" -- First meetings -- A genius in the family -- The education of an exile -- The capital of desire -- Preludes to paradise -- Homecoming -- Labors of love -- Earthquakes and harvests -- Children of paradise -- Deaths foretold -- Forty pounds of jam -- A victim of time -- Lucrezia Floriani -- Winter journeys -- Expulsion from paradise -- "The abyss called London" -- Recordare -- Appendix: Chopin's photograph.