Chopin: The Child and the Lad - Paperback

by Zofia Uminska (Author), H. E. Kennedy (Author)

1925. This book deals with the facts of the great composer's life until he was fifteen and the influences brought to bear upon him. The material is derived from original sources: research, musical and biographical, in Chopin's native land, as well as personal knowledge of its people. It includes his diary written at the age of fourteen and the folk songs connected with it.