Introductory material
Emily Hill translation
CHAPTER XI.
Further sojourn in Vienna. The journey to Munich.193.
CHAPTER XII.
Destruction of Chopinʼs letters and other mementos in Warsaw. Stay in Munich. Departure for Paris.212.
CHAPTER XIII.
Stay in Paris. Chopin proposes to receive instruction from Kalkbrenner. Correspondence about this with Elsner. Letter to Titus Woyciechowski. Chopinʼs desire to go to America not realized. He resolves to return to Warsaw. Soirée at Rothschildʼs219.
CHAPTER XIV.
Improvement of Chopinʼs position in Paris. Elsnerʼs letter. Moschelesʼs and Fieldʼs opinions of Chopin. Trip to Aix-la-Chapelle, Carlsbad, Marienbad, Dresden, and Leipsic. Visit to Mendelssohn and Schumann241.
CHAPTER XV.
Chopinʼs Acquaintance with George Sand. His life among his friends. Winter sojourn in the Island of Majorca (1838-1839.)259.
CHAPTER XVI.
Return to Paris. Moscheles and Liszt. Chopin as a Pianoforte Teacher274.
CHAPTER XVII.
Domestic Sorrows. Two Letters of George Sand. Breach with George Sand. Journey to England. Return to Paris. Chopinʼs illness and death295.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Chopin as a Man323.
CHAPTER XIX.
Chopin as a Composer334.
Appendix350.
To HERMANN SCHOLTZ.
Our frequent conversations on Chopin have taught me to respect you as an admirer of this great master, and as a true and faithful interpreter of his glorious productions. It is to you, therefore, that I dedicate this work, which, without vanity, I may call a monument raised with care and devotion to his memory.
Accept it as a proof of my sincere friendship and appreciative esteem for your talents.
Moritz Karasowski.
Dresden, January, 1877.