Chopin at the Boundaries - Sex, History, and Musical Genre

About the author

Jeffrey Kallberg is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.

Summary

The complex cultural status of Chopin—he was a native Pole and adopted Frenchman, a male composer writing in “feminine” genres—is the subject of Kallberg’s absorbing book. Combining social history, literary theory, musicology, and feminist thought, this book situates Chopin’s music within the construct of his somewhat marginal sexual identity.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Kallberg
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.1998
• EAN: 9780674127913
• ISBN: 978-0-674-12791-3
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 5 halftones, 30 musical examples, 4 diagrams
• Series: Convergences: Inventories of the Present; Convergences: Inventories of the Present
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Romanticism, Composers and songwriters, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music