{"id":1882,"date":"2010-04-16T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T10:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2010-04-23T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T21:01:16","slug":"chopin-the-four-ballades-by-jim-samson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/chopin-the-four-ballades-by-jim-samson-1882\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopin &#8211; The Four Ballades by Jim Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Chopin four Ballades by Samson\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/Chopin-Samson0521386152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>Chopin&#8217;s four ballades are widely regarded as being among the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth century. In an illuminating discussion, Jim Samson combines history and analysis to provide a comprehensive picture of these popular piano works, investigating the social and musical background to Chopin&#8217;s music, evaluating the many printed editions of the ballades before considering their critical reception and the differing interpretations of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century pianists.<\/p>\n<p>The book at Amazon.com:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Chopin-Ballades-Cambridge-Music-Handbooks\/dp\/0521386152\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Samson &#8211; &#8220;Chopin: The Four Ballades&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/Chopin-25\/Ballades.htm\">Sheet music to download: Ballades for piano by Chopin<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Alfred Cortot plays Ballade no 1 in G Minor:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tdmq2objNGE&#038;hl=sv_SE&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tdmq2objNGE&#038;hl=sv_SE&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/piano_sheet_music\/Chopin-140\/Ballade-1-op-23-G-Minor.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/search\/images_tn\/chopinf\/chopin_ballade_no1.gif\" title=\"Chopin Ballade no 1 in G minor for piano\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chopin&#8217;s four ballades are widely regarded as being among the most significant extended works for solo piano of the nineteenth century. 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