| Chopin at the Boundaries: Sex, History, and Musical Genre Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kallberg, Jeffrey (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0674127919 ISBN-13: 9780674127913 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 Annotation: The complex status of Chopin in our culture--he was a native Pole and adopted Frenchman, and a male composer writing in "feminine" genres--is the subject of Jeffrey Kallberg's absorbing book. Combining social history, literary theory, musicology, and feminist thought, Chopin at the Boundaries is the first book to situate Chopin's music within the construct of his somewhat marginal sexual identity and to explore how this should figure in our understanding of his compositional methods. Through this novel approach, Kallberg reveals a new Chopin, one situated precisely where questions of gender open up into the very important question of genre. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Social Science | Gender Studies - Music | Genres & Styles - Classical |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| Series: Convergences: Inventories of the Present |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.15" W x 9.21" (1.01 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The complex status of Chopin in our culture--he was a native Pole and adopted Frenchman, and a male composer writing in feminine genres--is the subject of Jeffrey Kallberg's absorbing book. Combining social history, literary theory, musicology, and feminist thought, Chopin at the Boundaries is the first book to situate Chopin's music within the construct of his somewhat marginal sexual identity and to explore how this should figure in our understanding of his compositional methods. Through this novel approach, Kallberg reveals a new Chopin, one situated precisely where questions of gender open up into the very important question of genre. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kallberg, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Kallberg is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. |