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claalaaa's review against another edition
2.0
Dull as dishwater!
I started reading this to learn more about the great composer, and finished feeling sad about how uneventful and sombre his life was. Or perhaps that was the author’s intention. Either way, I didn’t enjoy this book and I’m surprised to see the 4+* ratings!
I started reading this to learn more about the great composer, and finished feeling sad about how uneventful and sombre his life was. Or perhaps that was the author’s intention. Either way, I didn’t enjoy this book and I’m surprised to see the 4+* ratings!
anciense's review
5.0
“At noon, the grim servants of death appeared at the entrance to the temple bearing the coffin of the great artist. (…) A shiver of death ran through the congregation, (…) As for me, I fancied I could see the sun grow pale and the gilding of the domes take on an evil greenish tint…”
It has only been several months that I have taken an interest in classical music. I was raised on rock music – I had never heard anything by Chopin. That has changed completely – ever since I heard the Prélude no. 4, op. 28 in E minor, I have been enchanted by his music and the thought of him. Curious, I started reading this biography – thinking this would be the perfect timing, as I am now also enrolled in a course about Romanticism. I cannot tell you how glad I am I did this – I cannot explain how much I appreciate Chopin and his work and cannot put it into words.
“The incomparable genius for whom heaven was jealous of the earth, and of whom I think so often, no longer being able to see him in this world, nor to hear his divine melodies. (…) Is it because his life was a thirty-nine-year agony that his music is so lofty, so sweet, so sublime?”
It has only been several months that I have taken an interest in classical music. I was raised on rock music – I had never heard anything by Chopin. That has changed completely – ever since I heard the Prélude no. 4, op. 28 in E minor, I have been enchanted by his music and the thought of him. Curious, I started reading this biography – thinking this would be the perfect timing, as I am now also enrolled in a course about Romanticism. I cannot tell you how glad I am I did this – I cannot explain how much I appreciate Chopin and his work and cannot put it into words.
“The incomparable genius for whom heaven was jealous of the earth, and of whom I think so often, no longer being able to see him in this world, nor to hear his divine melodies. (…) Is it because his life was a thirty-nine-year agony that his music is so lofty, so sweet, so sublime?”
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