The Long Suffering of Frederic Chopin
1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 113; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1378/chest.113.1.210
ISSN1931-3543
AutoresA. K. Kubba, Madeleine A. Young,
Tópico(s)History of Medicine Studies
ResumoFrederic Chopin, the half-Polish, half-French composer and virtuoso pianist, used the piano to express his thoughts and feelings as perhaps no other composer has done before or since—the piano was his means of communication, his other self. His frailty and ill health from a very early age, together with his conviction that he would not live to an old age, meant that he was denied many of the usual outlets for his emotions. These factors, however, combined with his extraordinary gifts, probably resulted in a legacy of music for the pianoforte (as the instrument was then known) which has been and will continue to be a source of delight to countless music lovers throughout the world.
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