This book deals with the history of a great musician: Frederic Chopin. What would the piano playing world do without the music of Frederic Chopin? We can hardly think of the piano without thinking of Chopin, since he wrote almost exclusively for the universal instrument. His music touches the heart always rather than the head, the emotional message far outweighs the intellectual meaning. It is vital music, love music, winning the heart by its tenderness, voicing the highest sentiments by its refinement, its purity, its perfection of detail and finish. And the man who could compose with such refinement, with such appealing eloquence, must have possessed those qualities which shine out in his music...