McMaster professor Alan Walker spent 10 years travelling the world, combing through the archives of one of history's most fabled composers. Fryderyk Chopin has been the subject of many biographies and ...

"A great, grrreat piece of news is that Little Chip-Chip is going to give a grrreat concert," wrote the cigar-smoking, larger-than-life George Sand in 1841. The news was indeed significant, because ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. CHASING CHOPIN A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen ...

An authoritative, accessible biography details Chopin’s personal turmoil and captures his true musical significance Chopin is one of those great composers – Debussy is another – whose supreme ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Tim Page is a professor of music and journalism at the University of Southern California. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1997 for his writings about music for the Washington Post. An ideal ...