| Description |
vii, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-447) and index. |
| Contents |
Paris a la Galignani : an Anglo-Italian guide to the French capital for the English-speaking tourist -- Polish Parisians : a people in exile -- From citizen-king to prince-president : France as a "bourgeois-cracy" -- Society and salons : a "who's tout" of le tout Paris -- Pox Britannica : the great epidemic of anglomania -- Musical currents along the Seine : from concert halls to dance halls -- Opera : a vocal art and social spectacle -- Bohemia and the demimonde : two operas in the making -- Penning a profit : literature becomes lucrative -- Stage by stage : the evolution of theatrical taste from the battle of "Hernani" to the reign of Rachel -- Delacroix, Daumier, and Daguerre : a "3-D" view of art -- "A votre sante!" : coping with poultices, purges, and the Parisian medical profession -- Visions of a better world : searching for Utopia from Menilmontant to the Rue Vanneau -- The big shadow of the little corporal : Napoleon becomes a legend. |
| Subject |
Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849.
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Music -- France -- Paris -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Paris (France) -- Social life and customs.
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| ISBN |
0300077734 (alk. paper) |
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