
"Nothing could be more spontaneous and ebullient than Chopin's letters." -- Books
"Perhaps no composer's letters are so kindred to his music, and reminiscent of the impression produced by it, as Chopin's are." -- The New York Times
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Nearly 300 letters reveal Chopin as both man and artist and illuminate his fascinating world -- Europe of the 1830s and 1840s. ..."delightful gossip...merry rather than malicious...engagingly witty." -- "Books." Preface. Index.
