Experiencing Chopin

Gengarosurveys Chopin's position as a composer of Romantic piano music at a time when the piano stood at the center of musical and social life. It sheds a spotlight on Chopin and his music that illuminates the Romantic period in which he lived, the social and artistic climate, and the importance of this most individual artist.

Christine Lee Gengaro is professor of music at Los Angeles City College, where she teaches music theory, music history, and voice. An avid writer and researcher, she is a blogger and the program annotator for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. She published her first book, Listening to Stanley Kubrick: The Music in His Films, with Scarecrow Press in 2013.

Series Editor Foreword Preface Introduction Acknowledgments Timeline Chapter 1: The Piano Lesson Chapter 2: Adventures Abroad Chapter 3: Two Pianos, Four Hands Chapter 4: The Artistic Process of the Romantic Chapter 5: "Cannons Among the Flowers" Chapter 6: Yours With All Devotion Chapter 7: Chopin and the Voice Chapter 8: Influences, Past and Contemporary Chapter 9: Physical and Mental Health Chapter 10: Chopin in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries Selected Reading Selected Listening Glossary About the Author