Chopin The Four Ballades

Chopin¿s four ballades are widely regarded as being amongst the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth-century. In an illuminating discussion, Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works, investigating the social and musical background to Chopin¿s unique style, describing the manuscript sources and evaluating the many printed editions of the ballades before considering their critical reception and the differing interpretations of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century pianists.Samson, Jim is the author of 'Chopin The Four Ballades' with ISBN 9780521386159 and ISBN 0521386152.