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Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture

Chopin’s Masterpiece Compositions And Singular Achievement

Chopin.jpgReal Clear Arts readers know that I am a fan of The Wall Street Journal’s Saturday Masterpiece column, subtitled “Anatomy of a Classic.”

Today’s piece — about music — is no exception. It celebrates the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth with a column about his 24 Preludes, “tiny microcosms [through which] Chopin established the hegemony of the Romantic miniature.”

The piece, by David Dubal, a professor of piano performance at the Juilliard School, also contains this statement, which astonishes and pleases me (a Chopin fan) immensely:

Probably more people have come to great music through Chopin than from any other composer.

What an achievement that is.

 

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About Judith H. Dobrzynski

Now an independent journalist, I've worked as a reporter in the culture and business sections of The New York Times, and been the editor of the Sunday business section and deputy business editor there as well as a senior editor of Business Week and the managing editor of CNBC, the cable TV

About Real Clear Arts

This blog is about culture in America as seen through my lens, which is informed and colored by years of reporting not only on the arts and humanities, but also on business, philanthropy, science, government and other subjects. I may break news, but more likely I will comment, provide

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