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Jan 28, 2021 · In her novel, Lucrezia Floriani, Sand modeled a character named Karol, an Eastern European (a nod to Chopin’s Polish origins) prince who is ill and being cared for by the main character of the book, Lucrezia. Many took the fictional couple to represent Sand and Chopin’s relationship.
It’s one of the most romanticized love affairs in music history: dashing cross-dressing woman novelist George Sand becomes obsessed with, and then seduces, the sickly consumptive pianist-composer Frédéric Chopin. But how much of this story is real, and how much of it is just mythologizing?
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Jan 24, 2024 · Years would pass, and she would be credited with having affairs with almost the entire literary beau monde of France, but today, we delve into the poignant love story with virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin, a relationship that left a profound mark on Aurore's soul.
The phrase “to kiss and tell” first appeared in print in 1695 in the comedy Love for Love by playwright William Congreve. In the play, the swain is worried about his love’s indiscretion as she is in the process of babbling all to her stepmother:
"Love as the ultimate virtue would become the guiding principle of her life-and the principal theme of her novels," Eisler comments. But what exactly did Sand mean by love? Nothing that involved discretion or generally civilized behavior: "She would always demand authenticity (or drama) in her relationships, at least when she was the transgressor."
One charming tale recounts how Chopin, ever the romantic, dedicated his “Raindrop Prelude” to Sand, inspired by a stormy night during their stay at Nohant. Legend has it that he played it for...
0:00:00 | 1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 - I. Allegro Maestoso (String Quintet arr.)A majestic opening movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 ...
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