{"product_id":"fryderyk-chopin-a-life-and-times","title":"Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice. The \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2018.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A magisterial portrait.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker's monumental \u003ci\u003eFryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English in more than a century. Walker's work is a corrective biography, intended to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin. \u003ci\u003eFryderyk Chopin\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate look into a dramatic life; of particular focus are Chopin's childhood and youth in Poland, which are brought into line with the latest scholarly findings, and Chopin's romantic life with George Sand, with whom he lived for nine years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComprehensive and engaging, and written in highly readable prose, the biography wears its scholarship lightly: this is a book suited as much for the professional pianist as it is for the casual music lover. Just as he did in his definitive biography of Liszt, Walker illuminates Chopin and his music with unprecedented clarity in this magisterial biography, bringing to life one of the nineteenth century's most confounding, beloved, and legendary artists.","brand":"Alan Walker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47277510918380,"sku":"9781250234827","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781250234827.jpg?v=1770235924","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/fryderyk-chopin-a-life-and-times","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}