Frederick Chopin: Man and Musician, Vol. 1 - Couverture souple

Niecks, Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3742888544 ISBN 13 : 9783742888549

Editeur : Hansebooks, 2016

Synopsis

Frederick Chopin - Man and Musician, Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

While the novelist has absolute freedom to follow his artistic instinct and intelligence, the biographer is fettered by the subject-matter with which he proposes to deal. The former may hopefully pursue an ideal, the latter must rest satisfied with a compromise between the desirable and the necessary. No doubt, it is possible to thoroughly digest all the requisite material, and then present it in a perfect, beautiful form. But this can only be done at a terrible loss, at a sacrifice of truth and trustworthiness. My guiding principle has been to place before the reader the facts collected by me as well as the conclusions at which I arrived. This will enable him to see the subject in all its bearings, with all its pros and cons, and to draw his own conclusions, should mine not obtain his approval. Unless an author proceeds in this way, the reader never knows how far he may trust him, how far the evidence justifies his judgment. For—not to speak of cheats and fools—the best informed are apt to make assertions unsupported or insufficiently supported by facts, and the wisest cannot help seeing things through the coloured spectacles of their individuality. The foregoing remarks are intended to explain my method, not to excuse carelessness of literary workmanship. Whatever the defects of the present volumes may be—and, no doubt, they are both great and many—I have laboured to the full extent of my humble abilities to group and present my material perspicuously, and to avoid diffuseness and rhapsody, those besetting sins of writers on music.

Biographie de l'auteur

Frederick Niecks (3 February 1845 – 24 June 1924) was a German musical scholar and author, who was resident in Scotland for the bulk of his life. He is best remembered now for his biographies of Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hansebooks
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3742888544
• ISBN 13: 9783742888549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: info@bod.de; info@bod.de; ; Überseering 33; Hamburg; 22297; Allemagne