Chopin's Polish Ballade Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom

Contents

• List of Musical Examples
• Introduction
• 1. Two Versions, Two Keys, and Certain Poems of Mickiewicz
• Two Versions
• Two Keys
• Certain Poems of Mickiewicz
• 2. Genesis of a Narrative Process
• Stories in Tones
• Amateur Program Music
• Ballad Poetry and Musical Form
• 3. Hearing Konrad Wallenrod: Chopin's Ballade No. 1, Op. 23
• Overview and Stylistic Summary of the First Ballade
• Konrad Wallenrod: Plot and Structure
• Konrad Wallenrod as Ballade Scenario
• The Lay of Aldona's Fate
• 4. Op. 38 and the Genre Issue
• A Formal Overview of Chopin's Second Ballade
• The Second Ballade and the Sonata Problem
• Ballade as Genre
• The Operatic Ballade to 1831
• 5. The Polish Pilgrims and the Operatic Imperative
• A Pilgrims' Ballade
• A Polish Ballade
• The Great Migration and Polish Culture in Exile
• Personal Anguish and Literary Apotheosis
• Sapienti Pauca
• 6. Martyrdom and Exile: The Narrative of Chopin's F Major Ballade
• Internal Evidence I-The A Material: Siciliano
• Internal Evidence II-The B Material: Storm
• Internal Evidence III-The C Theme
• Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom
• Versions, Tonic Keys, and Mickiewicz Revisited
• The Forest and the Trees
• Appendix: A M. F. Chopin, sur sa Ballade Polonaise, by Felicien Mallefille.
• Bibliography
• Index