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Atwood, William G., 1932-2011.

The Parisian worlds of Frédéric Chopin / William G. Atwood.

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999.

470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Fleeing his native Warsaw, Chopin stopped in Paris in 1831 and stayed there until his death. The author "re-creates the Paris that Chopin knew, providing vivid details about its places, people, and politics, and showing how these affected [Chopin].--Jacket.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.

Music -- France -- Paris -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.

Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-447) and index.

Paris à la Galignani: an Anglo-Italian guide to the French capital for the English-speaking tourist -- Polish Parisians: a people in exile -- From citizen-king to prince-president: France as a "bourgeois-cracy" -- Society and salons: a "who's tout" of le tout Paris -- Pox Britannica: the great epidemic of Anglomania -- Musical currents along the Seine: from concert halls to dance halls -- Opera: a vocal art and social spectacle -- Bohemia and the demimonde: two operas in the making -- Penning a profit: literature becomes lucrative -- Stage by stage: the evolution of theatrical taste from the battle of "Hernani" to the reign of Rachel -- Delacroix, Daumier, and Daguerre: a "3-D" view of art -- "A votre santé!": coping with poultices, purges, and the Parisian medical profession -- Visions of a better world: searching for utopia from Menilmontant to the Rue Vanneau -- The big shadow of the little corporal: Napoléon becomes a legend -- Epilogue: obituary and funeral of Frédéric Chopin -- Appendix. The Paris residence of Frédéric Chopin.

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