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Sculpture of Chopin by Jacques Froment-Meurice at Parc Monceau, Paris, 1906. Provenance and meaning being researched by Icons of Europe.
Chopin at Parc Monceau, Paris 1906

The romance:
One of the best kept secrets in musical
history.  Queen Victoria knew about it.
Now for all to see and enjoy.

 

 Revisit Chopin's life and times
 in three books:  >> View at Amazon.co.uk
Chopin and Jenny Lind's secret and tragic romance in 1848-1849
inspired painters, sculptors, poets, composers, musicians and
musical patrons in Europe well into the 20th century.

Icons of Europe is therefore pleased to introduce three books about
Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale. >> Click each image:
Biography
CHOPIN and
The Swedish Nightingale

Chopin's life seen through his letters;  the discovery of his romance with Jenny Lind;  and political and cultural glimpses of the era,¹
>> Amazon.co.uk		 Book-on-demand
The Composer and
The Nightingale (2009)

Hardcover book com stage- production manual with script, scores and colour images.

This musical drama chronicles the romance of Chopin and Jenny Lind.  It is set in six acts for narrator, piano, soprano and mezzo soprano.  >> More		 Booklet
JENNY LIND:
Analysis of the "Method" of the late Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt

Rare 1st ed. 1894 with the score and text of the love song to Chopin's Mazurka in A-flat she sang for Queen Victoria.
>> Amazon.co.uk

DONATION FOR WORLD TB DAY ADVOCACY
The income of the three books is donated to the
Icons of Europe TB Fund for World TB Day advocacy.
Chopin died apparently of tuberculosis.  This infectious
disease has re-emerged today as a major global threat.
WHO's director-general has signed Chopin's biography.

¹  "This biography is a novelty in the book market
not only because of the beautiful quality of the
publication, but also because of content".
Citation from Chopin in the World (2004).

View snippets of the biography at Google Books.

"The biography provides a fascinating and thoroughly
enjoyable journey through Chopin's life and times.
The authors present a uniquely plausible explanation
of a most intriguing mystery of Chopin's last year."

Daniel Blumenthal

Daniel Blumenthal
Pianist and professor at the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels