Publisher's Synopsis
A landmark biography of the Polish composer by one of the world's leading authorities on Chopin and his time. Based on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, Washington, D.C., Alan Walker's monumental 'Fryderyk Chopin' is the most comprehensive biography of the great Polish composer to appear in English. Walker sets out to dispel the many myths and legends that continue to surround Chopin.
