1st Edition

Chopin in Britain

By Peter Willis Copyright 2018
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

In 1848, the penultimate year of his life, Chopin visited England and Scotland at the instigation of his aristocratic Scots pupil, Jane Stirling. In the autumn of that year, he returned to Paris. The following autumn he was dead. Despite the fascination the composer continues to hold for scholars, this brief but important period, and his previous visit to London in 1837, remain little known. In... Read more

Introduction. Paris 1830s: Prologue 1. London: Summer 1837 2. Paris 1840s: Interlude 3. London 1848: Chopin in London 4. London 1848: Recitals 5. Edinburgh 6. Scottish Country Seats 7. Manchester: Concert in Gentlemen’s Concert Hall, Monday 28 August 1848 8. Glasgow: Concert in Merchants’ Hall, Wednesday 27 September 1848 9. Edinburgh: Concert in Hopetoun Rooms, Wednesday 4 October 1848 10. London: Concert in Guildhall, Thursday 16 November 1848 Conclusion. Paris 1849: Epilogue

Biography

Peter Willis was an architect and Reader in the History of Architecture at Newcastle University. He completed a PhD in Music at Durham University in 2010. His publications include Charles Bridgeman and the Landscape Garden, New Architecture in Scotland, and Chopin in Manchester.