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INTRODUCTION
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wellasdecipheringthephenomenonofpublicconcerts,whichChopinhadsorarely:
uTowardstheBlueNote-Parisof(Pianists,AssesandVirtuosos’”;uPerformance
ontheVerge-BetweentheEnlightenmentandRomanticism.BuildingtheGrounds
forCorrespondancedesArts”;uShiftingCodesofRepresentation-theVirtuosoof
CaricatureandImprovisation”anduTheEpiphanyoftheVirtuoso:Pinpointingthe
Mystery”.Thelastthreesectionsinthischapterare:uMicrocosmeetMicrothée:The
PianoastheDivineTelegraphandtheInstrumentoftheNineteenthCentury”;uBel
Canto,ortheTubercularSong”-wheretheconnectionsofthenineteenthcentury
maladyandsongarelookedat-anduTempoRubato:TowardsCelebrityismàRebours”,
tacklingChopin’suniquemannerofbecomingacelebrity.
InthesecondchapterofPartII,Chapter4,detailinguTheDandyPerformer”,
IanalyzetheexternalandinternalfactorsofbecomingadandyinChopin’scase,
withsectionscovering:uLeBeauMonde-Chopin’sPresenceintheRomanticSalons”,
hisattireandfashionchoicesasanarbiterelegantiarum,aswellashisapartmentsand
thesymbolicnotionofhomeinu(PlayingHouse’”.InthefollowingsectionsIdiscuss
uLucreziaFloriani’sDollEffect”;uGenderAmbivalenceintheRepresentationofthe
GeniusDandy”andconcludewithChopin’simaginaryworlds:uChopinFlâneur?
EspacesImaginaires”.
PartIIIintroducesuChopinasanIdea”andtheongoingperformanceinhisafter-
life.ItplacesthecomposerinaschemeofmultipleRomanticisms:uGeniusPatriae:On
Chopin’sPolishnessandCosmopolitanism”;uRomanticVolksgeist-Chopinandthe
MythicalSlavicSoul”;uTranscendentalChopin-ConversationswithGod”;uChopin’s
Epistemology-Terebzderekuku-MusicasExistence”;u(MasonwithoutanApron’-
ChopinandFreemasonry”anduChopinthePhilistine?IntheArmsofBiedermeier,
(DomesticizedRomanticism’”.
FollowingPartIII,theepilogueuIntheShadowoftheRomanticParadigm”ex-
aminesthegrowingdesiretouperformatizeChopin”.Theconclusion-uTheUltimate
Artist-ChopinagainstPhilistinismandPerformativity”-sumsuptheideasand
conceptstoucheduponintheworkandprovesthatdespitetheculturaltendencies,
Chopinactuallyescapescommonpropensities.