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Gustave Flaubert, pessimist and master of cadenced lyric prose, urged young writers to lead ascetic lives that in their art they might be violent. Chopin's violence was psychic, a travailing and groaning of the spirit; the bright roughness of adventure was missing from his quotidian existence. The tragedy was within. One recalls Maurice Maeterlinck: "Whereas most of our life is passed far from blood, cries and swords, and the tears of men have become silent, invisible and almost spiritual." Chopin went from Poland to France--from Warsaw to Paris--where, finally, he was borne to his grave in Pere la Chaise. He lived, loved and died; and. | The Man and His Music by James Huneker 1 The Man and His Music by James Huneker The Man and His Music by James Huneker 2 Project Gutenberg s Chopin The Man and His Music by James Huneker This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Chopin The Man and His Music Author James Huneker Posting Date June 14 2010 EBook 4939 Release Date January 2004 First Posted April 1 2002 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHOPIN THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC Produced by John Mamoun mamounjo@ with help from Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreaders website. CHOPIN THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC by James Huneker TABLE OF CONTENTS PART MAN. I. POLAND --YOUTHFUL IDEALS II. PARIS --IN THE MAELSTROM III. ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND FERE LA CHAISE IV. THE ARTIST V. POET AND PSYCHOLOGIST PART MUSIC. VI. THE STUDIES --TITANIC EXPERIMENTS VII. MOODS IN MINIATURE THE PRELUDES VIII. IMPROMPTUS AND VALSES IX. NIGHT AND ITS MELANCHOLY MYSTERIES THE NOCTURNES X. THE BALLADES FAERY DRAMAS XI. CLASSICAL CURRENTS XII. THE POLONAISES HEROIC HYMNS OF BATTLE XIII. MAZURKAS DANCES OF THE SOUL XIV. CHOPIN THE CONQUEROR BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS BY JAMES HUNEKER PART MAN I. POLAND --YOUTHFUL IDEALS Gustave Flaubert pessimist and master of cadenced lyric prose urged young writers to lead ascetic lives that in their art they might be violent. Chopin s violence was psychic a travailing and groaning of the spirit the bright roughness of adventure was missing from his quotidian existence. The tragedy was within. One recalls Maurice Maeterlinck Whereas most of our life is passed far from blood cries and swords and the tears of men have become silent invisible and almost spiritual. Chopin went from Poland to France--from Warsaw to Paris--where .