Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin - From the Reviewer's Notepad

I had read books, correspondence and seen many films dealing with the highly creative romantic relationship between the great French writer and polemicist George Sand and the composer Fyrderyk Chopin at Nohant in the Berry region of France. I felt I must make the effort to attend at least once, despite the rather complex journey here from Warsaw. Sand adored her beautiful maison and the entire region in particular the charming and picturesque town of  La Châtre. For many lovers (even obsessives) of the music of Chopin of course has rather eclipsed the extraordinary position Sand occupied in the France of the day. She was an exceptionally prolific writer and was possessed of an extraordinary insight into human romantic psychology with an incisive sense of humour which the French refer to as 'wit'.



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