Free Download Jonathan D. Bellman, "Chopin’s Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom"
English | 2009 | pages: 214 | ISBN: 0195338863 | PDF | 1,4 mb
Chopin’s Second Ballade, Op. 38 is frequently performed, and takes only seven or so minutes to play. Yet the work remains very poorly understood-disagreement prevails on issues from its tonic and two-key structure to its posited relationship with the poems of Adam Mickiewicz. Chopin’s Polish Ballade is a reexamination and close analysis of this famous work, revealing the Ballade as a piece with a powerful political story to tell.