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The cover of the biography:  Chopin (1810-1849) in 1833, a lithograph by Engelmann after a drawing by Pierre-Roch Vigneron.  Source:  Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica.

Book income donated to
Stop TB advocacy

CHOPIN and
The Swedish Nightingale

By Cecilia and Jens Jorgensen
Publisher:  Icons of Europe, Brussels 2003
ISBN 2-9600385-0-9 (Libraries / Find ...)
Glossy book;  28 cm x 22 cm
116 pages, 225+ colour images
Colour softcover with two flaps
Inscription by WHO director-general
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Standard version:  EUR 40.00
Shipping of one or two books:
   Europe EUR 10, world EUR 15
Special and Deluxe versions

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LONG-STANDING MYTHS CHALLENGED
It was Jenny Lind, the Swedish soprano and philanthropist,
not Jane Stirling, the Scottish spinster and ardent Calvinist.

The book is based on Chopin's letters to family and friends and the authors' research of Chopin and Jenny Lind's relationship.

"The book 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
Editorial review


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Jenny Lind


Inscription by the
Director-General of WHO


Part of the sales revenue of this biography will be donated to one or more institutions engaged in the global fight against tuberculosis.

A genuine Polish 5000-zloty banknote is enclosed with the Deluxe version of the book.
Chopin died of TB