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Abrantès, Laura, duchesse d’ 154
Agoult, comtesse Marie d’ 130–4, 136, 139–42, 146, 147, 152, 153, 186–7, 200, 243, 303
Alard, Delphin 262
Albrecht, Thomas 91, 149, 172n, 227, 249, 259, 261, 275, 284, 290, 291, 294
Alexander I, Tsar 11, 13, 14, 22, 35, 44, 53, 54,67
Alkan (Charles Morhange) 151, 216, 247, 283, 292
Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung 23, 86, 87
Apponyi, Count 85
Arago, Emmanuel 194, 241, 245, 247, 253, 254–5, 258
Arago, Étienne 292
Arnold, Matthew 241
Auber, Daniel 65, 71, 81
Bach, Johann Sebastian 9, 10, 25, 30, 93, 94, 108, 115, 162, 182, 198, 200, 295, 296
Bad Reinerz, Silesia 26–7, 304
Baillot, Pierre 84, 87
Balzac, Honoré de 154, 187, 193, 214, 270, 303; Ursule Mirouet 204
Barcelona, Spain 161, 169–70
Béatrix (Balzac) 187
Beauvau, princesse Ludmilla de 262
Beethoven, Ludwig van 9, 15, 25, 37, 73, 80, 86, 226; Creatures of Prometheus 38; Dr Malfatti and 64–5; FC’s opinion of 93, 94, 115, 128, 198, 241, 284, 296; Francs-Juges overture 92; funeral 2; improvisation 41; interweaving of piano and orchestra 31; Liszt raises money for monument to 205, 231; piano concertos 83, 86, 87; Prince Lichnowsky and 40; Seventh Symphony 151; Trios 44, 140; Vienna and 70
Belgiojoso, Princess Cristina 140, 153, 266
Bellini, Vincenzo 107, 140, 144, 190, 198, 241
Benedict, Julius 269
Benevolent Association of the Polish Ladies in Paris 117
Berlin 43, 46, 53, 265
Berlioz, Hector 123, 144, 204; Bach, opinion of 93; concerts 95, 116, 150–1, 205; FC first meets 92; FC, relationship with 90, 92, 106–7, 109, 124, 132, 134, 149, 186, 189, 294; FC’s obituary, writes 294; George Sand and 137; Harriet Smithson and 95, 102, 106–7, 144; Hôtel de France circle and 134; Liszt and 189; in London 267, 268; Mendelssohn and 191; Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, describes 228; Requiem 150–1; Symphonie Fantastique 94
Berryer, Pierre Antoine 135
Białobłocki, Jan 17, 19, 22, 23, 28, 43
Blanc, Louis 220, 228, 229, 235
Bocage, Pierre 18
Boieldieu, François-Adrien 37, 39
Bourges, Michel de 141
Brault, Augustine 232, 240, 243, 245, 250, 251, 253
Broadwood, John 267, 270, 273, 282
Brzowski, Józef 134–5, 136, 140, 142–6
Brzozowska, Eliza 287
Byron, Lady (née Anne Milbanke) 267
Byron, Lord George 267
Canetti, Elias 296
Canut family 162, 167, 169, 172
Carlyle, Jane Welsh 271
Carlyle, Thomas 267, 271
Catalani, Angelica 14, 286
Cauvière, Dr François 170, 171, 175, 176, 178
Cavaignac, Godefroi 229
Chaillot 285–6, 288, 290
Charles X, King 80
Chateaubriand, François-René de 124, 144, 286
Châtiron, Hippolyte 182, 195, 211, 212
Cherubini, Luigi 81, 208, 230
Chopin, Emilia (FC’s sister) 7, 26, 29, 30
Chopin, François (FC’s grandfather) 3, 5
CHOPIN, FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK: anxiety 179, 233–4; appearance 11, 33; birth 5; childhood 5–16; concerts 12–15, 49–51, 59–60, 71–2, 76, 87–9, 101, 108–9, 116–18, 122, 151–2, 192–3, 200–6, 212, 261–3, 270–1, 278, 280–1; conservative instincts 80, 266; death 293–4; death mask 293–4; education 5, 14, 17–27; English lessons 43; fame 2, 13, 23, 39, 97–8, 109; family 3–4; fastidiousness 92, 106, 186, 195, 198; fear of being alone 242; finances 18, 49, 63, 89, 100, 101–2, 109, 112, 121–2, 148, 171–4, 205–6, 212, 265–6, 271–2, 273, 278, 287; first commercial publication 22–3; first compositions 10, 18, 21–2, 31, 33–5, 45; first performances 12–13, 14–15; folk music and 20, 24, 34; funeral 1–2, 292, 294; genius, nature of 202–5; health xi, 7, 17, 19, 25–6, 28, 37, 65, 77, 79, 102, 117, 121–2, 123, 127, 129, 132, 139, 141, 142, 146, 148–9, 163–4, 165, 166, 167, 168–71, 174, 178–80, 182–3, 186, 190, 194, 206, 209–10, 212, 213, 217–19, 224, 227, 228, 233, 235–8, 248, 252, 254, 256, 262, 263, 265, 272–4, 280, 282–93; heart sent to Warsaw 292, 294; hypochondria 233; improvisation 25, 33, 39, 46, 117, 144, 145, 191–2, 199, 206; legacy xi, 294–7; love life 36, 45–6, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55–7, 59, 60, 63, 70, 76, 78, 85, 102–6, 148 see also Sand, George; manners 13–14, 106; mimicry 18, 241, 242; modesty 41, 50–1, 106, 203; musical revolutionary 9, 98, 203–5, 292, 296; mystery of personality 296–7; neuroses 209, 210, 221–2, 238, 258; obituaries 294, 295; opera, love of 21; orchestra, writing for/playing with 31, 33, 34, 37, 74, 88–9, 115, 118, 203–4, 268, 281; origins 3; patriotism 150, 266; piano, introduced to 8–10, 15–16; Poland, clings to ties with 85, 95, 107, 117, 129, 150, 244–5, 266, 280, 287; Poland, early life in 5–36, 43–61; as Polish national composer 295; politeness 115, 119, 223, 235, 238, 240; politics 45, 66–7, 69–70, 77–8, 80, 149, 150, 210; portraits of 246, 248; and press 23, 41, 43, 46–9, 60, 86–7, 109–10, 123, 202, 212, 271, 279; publishers/published work 10, 23, 31, 37, 50, 63, 71, 72, 85, 89, 100, 101, 109, 115, 148, 171–4, 183, 184, 202, 248, 292; pupils 84, 91, 98, 100, 102, 105–6, 112–16, 119, 122, 128, 152, 185–6, 190, 193, 194, 206, 208, 211–13, 222–4, 227–9, 235, 244, 246–7, 250, 259, 264, 269, 270, 273, 277, 281, 284, 285, 292, 303; rebellious spirit 80, 97, 210; refinement 33, 40, 46, 92, 137, 183, 197, 198, 210, 236; reticence/reserve 2, 37, 81, 85, 92, 94, 104, 105, 111, 137, 151, 198, 238; Romantic movement and 29–30, 51, 57, 74, 80, 92–4, 99, 109, 124, 128, 131, 150, 191, 198, 204, 295, 297, 307; sensitivity 7–8, 50–3, 117, 233; sex life 77, 79–80, 102, 180–1, 210, 258, 304–9; sociability 14, 33, 50, 51, 57; soirées, performs at/attends 11, 14, 25, 28, 33, 55, 62, 68–71, 89, 90, 97, 100, 116–17, 119, 122, 137, 153, 192, 212, 224, 229, 246, 247, 269, 270, 272; style of playing 8, 9, 21, 34, 39–41, 73, 87–9, 95, 98–9, 114, 192–3, 202, 228, 263, 268, 285, 292; theoretical method of playing 285, 292; tuberculosis, possible 7, 19, 121, 164, 168, 178–9, 194, 217, 280, 286–7, 289; in Vienna 11, 15, 17, 31, 37–42, 43, 46, 53, 54, 60, 62–76, 79, 81, 82, 101, 115, 121, 140, 273; in Warsaw 5–36, 43–61; wit/humour 18, 19–20, 223, 241, 242
Works: list of works 298–302; Adagio 52, 69, 73, 83; Ballade in A flat (op.47) 206; Ballade in F major (op.38) 168; Ballade in F minor 213; Ballade in G minor 74, 115, 127; Ballades 74, 90, 115, 127, 144, 168, 172–3, 203, 212–13, 277; Barcarolle 199, 234, 262; Berceuse 218, 262, 277; Étude in E flat major (op.10) 52; Études 35–6, 44, 52, 73, 74, 101, 106, 110, 116, 121, 126, 127, 140, 144, 191, 207, 212, 241, 277; Fantasia on Polish Airs 33, 47, 59, 76, 77, 89; Fantasie in F minor (op.49) 206; Funeral March 148, 181, 203; Grand Duo Concertante for Piano and Cello 101; Grand Rondo 89; Grande Polonaise Brillante (op.22) 74, 115, 118; Impromptu in F sharp major (op.36) 183; Mazurkas 21, 34, 50, 58, 73, 92, 97, 101, 110, 115, 120, 128, 144, 148, 163, 181–2, 201–3, 212–13, 218, 230, 234, 241–2, 270–1, 285; Nocturnes 52, 101, 110, 115, 117, 148, 181, 192, 202–3, 206, 212, 222, 277; Piano Concerto in E minor (no.1) 49, 55, 59, 62, 71, 76, 83, 87, 88, 116, 118, 217, 229; Piano Concerto in F minor (no.2) 44, 46–7, 128; Polonaise in A flat major (op.53) 213; Polonaise in F sharp minor 199; Polonaise-Fantaisie 234–5, 242; Polonaises 10, 14, 15, 21, 34, 46, 58, 72, 74, 87, 115, 116, 118, 172, 197, 199, 202, 203, 213, 234–5, 242, 277; Preludes 1, 115–16, 148, 160, 163, 166, 168, 171, 172, 174, 201, 207, 212; Rondo in C minor, op.1. 23; Rondo on Cracovian Themes (Krakowiak) 33, 38, 40, 48; Scherzo in B flat minor 270–1; Scherzo in B minor 74, 148; Scherzo in C sharp minor (op.39) 168, 171, 181; Scherzo in E major 213; Sonata in B minor (op.58) 226, 234; Sonata in B flat minor (op.35) 181, 202–3; Sonata in C minor 37, 63; Sonata for Piano and Cello 234, 242, 244, 250, 262, 293; Souvenir de Paganini 35; Tarantella (op.43) 206; Trio in G minor 89; Valse Brillante 73; Variations for Piano and Orchestra on the theme of La ci darem la mano 31, 37, 38, 40, 53, 54, 63, 86–7, 109–10, 128; Veni Creator 244; Waltz in D flat major 262; waltzes 21, 50, 58, 110, 117, 172, 197, 272, 277; ‘Where Does She Love’ (song) 52; ‘The Wish’ (song) 52
Chopin, Izabela (FC’s sister) 7, 75
Chopin, Justyna (FC’s mother) 4, 14, 118–19, 123
Chopin, Ludwika (FC’s sister) 5, 7, 22, 25, 29, 60, 105, 225, 226, 230, 231, 233–5, 240, 242, 245–6, 249–50, 258, 262, 287–91, 293, 294
Chopin, Nicolas (FC’s father) 3–6, 9, 13–16, 22, 27, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36, 60, 72, 78, 101–2, 118–19, 121–2, 224, 225
Chopin Society 305
Cinti-Damoreau, Laure 201
Clary-Aldringhen, Prince Karl 42
Clemenza di Tito, La (Mozart) 65
Clésinger, Auguste 245–7, 249, 250, 252–4, 257, 258, 293–4
Combes, Edmond 265
Congress of Vienna, 1815 11
Constantine Pavlovitch, Grand Duke 13, 14, 65
Contades, Madame de 100
Cruveillher, Dr Jean Baptiste 286–7, 289, 290, 293, 294
Custine, Astolphe, marquis de 124–5, 126, 135, 137, 142, 144–7, 149, 160–1, 193, 195, 204, 262, 263
Cybulski, Canon 10
Czartoryska, Princess Anna (née Princess Sapieha) 91, 235, 257, 286, 287, 290
Czartoryska, Princess Marcelina 228, 229, 248, 249, 260, 277, 281, 282, 284, 287, 291, 293, 303
Czartoryski, Prince Adam 1, 11–12, 66, 91, 153, 245, 265, 287
Czartoryski family 90, 91, 107, 124, 139, 147, 195, 217, 223–4, 228, 235, 259, 262, 266, 278, 286
Czernicka, Paulina 304–9
Czerny, Carl 40, 53, 64, 70, 83, 140, 228
Czosnowska, Laura 236, 240
Debussy, Claude 204, 295, 296
Dekert, Jan 4
Delacroix, Eugène: FC first meets 126; FC, relationship with 197–9, 204, 213–14, 218, 229, 235, 237, 239, 241, 244, 245, 247, 250, 251, 253, 257, 259, 262, 273, 284–6, 297; FC’s funeral, pall-bearer at 2; FC’s genius, outlines 297; George Sand and 155, 158, 159, 194, 196, 198, 199, 213–14, 218, 227–9, 235, 237, 239, 241, 245–7, 250, 251, 253, 257; late style 198; Lucrezia Floriani, reaction to 237, 239; Solange Dudevant and 196
Dessauer, Jozef 119, 212
Dickens, Charles 267
Didier, Charles 133, 141
Dietrichstein, Count Moritz 39
Don Giovanni (Mozart) 31
Donizetti, Gaetano 195, 224
Dorval, Marie 194
Dresden 42, 62–3, 76, 119, 120, 123, 127, 138, 235
Dudevant, Maurice 155, 160, 163, 180, 185, 195, 196, 211, 214, 216, 226, 231–3, 239–41, 243, 251, 254, 258
Dudevant, Solange 185, 196, 208, 216, 218, 226, 231–2, 235, 240, 243, 245, 247, 249, 251, 253–8, 260, 264, 265, 283, 291, 292, 294, 297
Dumas, Alexandre 131, 303
Duprez, Louis 144, 154
Dziewanowska, Ludwika 19, 21, 23, 24
Dziewanowski, Dominik 18, 19, 23, 24, 45, 90, 96–7
Dziewanowski family 4
Eckstein, baron d’ 132
Elsner, Józef 15–16, 21, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 46, 50, 52, 61, 70, 82, 83, 203
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 267, 271
Enghien 118, 123–5, 142, 143, 146
England 43, 202, 203, 266–75, 281–2
eolomelodicon 22
Érard, Sébastien 267
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm 201
Erskine, Katherine 260, 266
Evangelical Church, Warsaw 25
Falmouth, Lord 270
Farrenc, Jacques 101
Fétis, François 88
Field, John 30, 94–5, 97, 110, 115
Filtsch, Karl 115, 211–12, 217, 235
Flury, Pierre Hippolyte 162, 167, 168
Fontana, Julian 18, 43, 58–60, 73, 82, 107, 146, 149, 162–4, 166, 171–3, 175, 182, 183, 185–6, 205–7, 209, 215, 217, 266, 276
Fra Diavolo (Auber) 65
France: rebellion, 1848 261–6;
Revolution, 1789 4, 66, 67;
Revolution, 1830 55, 99–100, 124;
royal family 151, 192–3, 267
France Musicale, La 202
Franchomme, Auguste 92, 93, 100–1, 106, 107, 149, 154, 191, 193, 212, 224, 226, 227, 234, 235, 241, 242, 244, 262, 267, 273, 274, 276, 282, 284, 286, 287, 293
François, Ferdinand 220
Freppa, Lina 107
Gallenberg, Count Wenzel 37, 38, 41
Garcia-Viardot, Pauline 1, 194–7, 200, 211, 212, 216–18, 220, 226, 230, 235, 256–7, 267, 285, 292
Gautier, Théophile 1, 259, 294
Gavard, Charles 284, 287, 293
Gavard, Elise 259
Gay, Sophie 144, 154
Gazette Musicale de Paris 31, 109, 202
Gazza Ladra, La (Rossini) 26
Gładkowska, Konstancja 36, 45, 46, 51–6, 59, 60, 63, 70, 76, 78, 85, 104–5, 148
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau 229
Grabowska, Countess Izabela 11, 21
Graf (piano-maker) 37, 38, 64, 67
Gretsch, Emilie von 115
Grote, Mrs 272–3 Grzymała, Albert 59; appearance 135; Benevolent Association of the Polish Ladies in Paris and 117; eventful life of 107–8; FC, relationship with 108, 149, 159, 160, 166, 171, 174–6, 183–5, 189, 213, 215, 219, 227, 229, 235, 237, 240, 244, 245, 247, 262, 267, 269, 270, 272, 273, 276–8, 280–3, 286, 288; on FC’s playing 48; finances 259, 283; George Sand and 137, 141, 146, 155–8, 163, 180, 193, 194, 219, 220, 237, 247–9, 257; health 227; Mallefille and 159; portrait 193; Solange Dudevant and 196
Guillaume Tell (Rossini) 65
Guizot, François 261
Gunsberg, Paul 115
Gurowski, Count Ignacy 125, 142, 143
Gutmann, Adolf 115, 151, 215, 224, 229, 248, 267, 278, 286, 291, 294
Gyrowetz, Adalbert 13, 39
Habeneck, François Antoine 117
Hallé, Charles 98, 152, 193, 227, 268, 275
Handel, George Frederick 32–3, 212: Ode on St Cecilia’s Day 32–3
Harasowski, Adam 309
Hartmann, Caroline 115
Haslinger, Tobias 37, 41, 54, 63, 64, 71
Haydn, Joseph 9, 21, 30, 70, 93, 198, 229
Heidelberg 121, 123
Heine, Heinrich 79, 80, 83, 124, 132, 135, 137, 140, 152, 197, 198, 204, 237, 259
Herz, Henri 81, 82, 87, 97, 140, 275
Hiller, Ferdinand 81, 82, 84–7, 92, 94, 98, 106–9, 111, 117, 118, 123, 136, 137
Hoesick, Ferdynand 304
Hoffmann, Professor 22, 102–4
Hôtel de France, Paris 132–7, 152, 153
Hôtel Lambert, Paris 223, 228, 229, 235, 245
Hube, Romuald 54, 67
Hugo, Victor 80, 94, 124, 144, 154, 224, 231
Humboldt, Alexander von 32
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk 9, 17, 21, 25, 30–1, 38, 41, 44, 48, 49, 63, 67, 70, 86, 93, 115
Husarzewski, Count Karol 37, 38, 64
Iris (journal) 87
Italy 43, 54, 72, 74
Jan III (Sobieski), King 73, 75
Janin, Jules 154, 292
Jarocki, Professor Feliks 32
Jawurek, Józef 22
Jędrzejewicz, Józef Kalasanty 225–6
Jełowicki, Aleksander 117, 138, 291
Kalergis, Countess Maria 259, 262, 284, 303
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm 25, 82–4, 86, 87, 95, 97, 216, 268, 286
Karlsbad 118–19
Kärntnerthor Theatre, Vienna 37–40
Kastner, J.G. 208
Kemble, Charles 270
Kessler, Joseph 44
Kicka, Teresa 25
Kisselev, Countess (née Zofia Potocka) 82
Klengel, August 235
Komar family 82, 91, 102, 305
Koámian, Stanisław 146
Kraków, Poland 37
Krasiński Palace, Warsaw 30–1
Kreutzer, Conradin 39
KrzyBzanowski, Ignacy 274
Kumelski, Norbert 74–5, 76, 77, 80, 81
Kurpiński, Karol 21, 47, 50, 59
Lablache, Luigi 1, 269
Łączyński, Maciej 4
Lamartine, Alphonse de 124, 154, 224
Lamennais, Félicité, abbé de 132, 187
Lanner, Joseph 70, 71
Lannes, Marshal Jean 90
la Touche, Hyacinthe de 99
Legouvé, Ernest 99, 151, 152, 284
Léo, Auguste 91, 149, 171, 172, 173, 246, 250, 261, 275
Leo, Hermann 275
Leroux, Peirre 132, 211
Lesueur, Jean-François 81, 82
Lichnowsky, Prince Moritz 40
Lind, Jenny 267–8, 272, 286
Linde, Samuel Bogumił 6
Lipiński, Karol 36, 121
Liszt, Franz 40, 81, 82, 88, 89, 95, 100, 104, 186, 204, 231, 304; childhood 17; comtesse d’Agoult and 123, 126, 130–7, 147, 187–91, 243; FC, relationship with 92–3, 104–8, 112, 116, 118, 126, 140–1, 149, 152, 189–91, 194, 203, 205, 211, 212, 224, 235, 237, 243, 258; on FC’s character 85, 87, 99, 106, 112; George Sand and 131, 137, 153, 197, 220, 243, 258; Kalergis and 259; reviews Chopin concert, 1841 201–2; teacher of piano 113; Thalberg and 139, 140–1
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland 280–1
London 82, 108, 120, 146–7, 148, 184, 202, 264, 266–74, 280–2
London Philharmonic Society 268
Louis XV, King 3
Louis Philippe, King 55, 80, 151, 210, 264, 283
Lower Rhine Music Festival, 1834 110
Lubomirska, Rozalia 67
Lycée, Warsaw 5–7, 14, 17, 18, 21, 25, 26, 30
Łyszczyński, Dr 275, 279
Magnuszewski, Dominik 45, 58
Majorca, Spain 160–9, 174, 178, 181, 186
Malfatti, Dr Giovanni 65–7, 70, 76, 82
Malibran, Maria 81, 197
Mallefille, Félicien 156, 157, 158, 159, 160
Mallorquin (steamship) 161, 168, 169
Manchester, England 274–5
Manchester Guardian 275
Marainville-sur-Madon, France 3, 4
Maria Feodorovna, Empress 14
Marliani, Count Manoelo 134, 170, 178, 246, 257–9, 283
Marliani, Countess Charlotte 153, 154, 158, 160, 166, 168, 170, 174, 186–9, 215, 216, 219, 221, 244–7, 257–9, 265, 283
Marseille 170, 174, 175, 186
Marya of Württemberg, Princess 12
Matuszyński, Jan 18, 26, 43, 58, 60, 63, 67–8, 70–3, 108, 112, 117, 121, 135, 145, 184, 194
Mayseder, Josef 39
Mechetti, Pietro 71, 72
Mendelssohn, Felix 32, 33, 80, 86, 87, 93, 110, 111, 115, 120–1, 128, 172n, 190, 191, 224, 260
Ménestrel, Le 202, 263
Merchants’ Club, Warsaw 46
Merk, Joseph 72
Merlin, comtesse (née Maria de las Mercedes de Jaruco) 144, 154
Meyerbeer, Giacomo 2, 37, 81, 83, 100, 124, 126, 132, 137, 172n, 204, 213, 235, 285
Mickiewicz, Adam 29, 91, 103, 125, 132, 134, 137–8, 141, 146, 150, 158, 228, 239, 307
Mikuli, Karol 113, 115
Molin, Jean Jacques 217, 224
Montebello, Napoleon Lannes, Duke of 90
Moriolles, Alexandrine de 13, 50
Morning Post 281
Moscheles, Ignaz 9, 21, 30, 38, 62, 97, 115, 116, 120, 136, 147, 172n, 191–3
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 9, 25; La Clemenza di Tito 65; Don Giovanni 31, 86, 87; FC compared to 11, 48, 205; FC’s love of 1, 30, 65, 70, 93, 115, 198, 241, 269, 284, 292, 293; piano concertos 83; Polonaise and 10; Requiem 1, 229, 292; Trios 262, 269, 284, 292, 293; Vienna and 70
Muette de Portici, La (Auber) 71
Müller, Friederike 190
Music and Musicians 309
Musical World 202
Musset, Alfred de 131, 133, 181, 259
Napoleon I, Emperor 5, 11, 82, 90
National Theatre, Warsaw 47
Nesselrode, Count 259
Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 109
Nicholas I, Tsar 44, 82, 95, 128
Nidecki, Tomasz 35, 38, 64, 67
Niedźwiedzki, Leonard 282
Niemcewicz, Julian 12, 25, 125, 138
Nodier, Charles 154
Nohant, France 141, 146–8, 155, 176–87, 195, 206, 207, 209, 211, 213–16, 218, 225, 229–33, 235, 236, 242, 243, 246, 248, 251, 253, 256, 257
Norblin, Ludwik 84
Norwid, Cyprian Kamil 289–90, 295, 307
Nourrit, Adolphe 118, 126, 132, 135, 137, 140, 144, 175–6
Nowakowski, Józef 245
Obreskoff, Princess Natalia 259, 284, 286
Ogiń ski, Prince Michał Kleofas 10, 21
Orłowski, Antoni 50, 82, 87, 105, 151
Orsay, Chevalier Gabriele d’ 267
Osborne, George Alexander 81, 84, 87
Otello (Rossini) 31, 63
Pac, Michał Jan 3, 4
Paër, Ferdinando 47, 81, 82, 95
Paganini, Niccolò 35, 36, 47, 49, 72, 82, 110, 204
Palais du Luxembourg, Paris 214, 246
Paris 1–2, 43, 54, 55, 72, 74, 75, 78–109, 112–18, 121–9, 132–61, 183–206, 212–17, 219–29, 233–5, 237, 241–66, 282–94
Paris Conservatoire 1, 81, 82, 88, 94, 97, 118, 140, 196, 205
Pasta, Giuditta 81
Perthuis, comte de 261, 264
Pixis, Johann Peter 87, 97, 105, 136, 140, 191
Plater, Count Ludwik 82, 91, 107, 117
Plater, Paulina 91–2, 107, 117
Pleyel, Camille 84, 98, 113, 114, 116, 129, 144, 146, 147, 158, 160, 163, 167, 169, 172, 173, 200, 208, 210, 224, 261, 262, 267, 290
Pleyel, Marie 133
Poland: Commonwealth 29; cultural redefinition of 29; and France, links between 81–2; insurrection, 1794 4; national composer 295; national opera 73–4; rebellion, 1848 265, 266; revolution, 1830 65–7, 69–70, 77–8; Russia invades, 1792 4; spirit of rebellion within, 1829
Polish Club, Paris 107
Polish Courier 49
Polish Democratic Club 288
Posen, Duchy of 32
Potocka, Countess Delfina 102–4, 116, 123, 135, 244, 245, 259, 262, 284, 286, 287, 289, 292–3, 303–9
Potocki, Barnard 135, 136, 187
Potocki, Mieczysław 102–3
Potocki, Włodzimierz 135
Potocki family 82, 90
Prague 42
Preaulx, Fernand de 245, 254
Probst, Johann Gotthilf 101, 172, 173, 184
Prussia 4, 32, 70
Pruszak family 31
Puritani, I (Bellini) 140
Radizwiłł, Prince Antoni 32, 43, 45, 53, 102
Radziwiłł, Prince Walenty 89
Récamier, Madame 124
Rellstab, Ludwig 87, 109–10
Revue Musicale 86–8, 263
Ries, Ferdinand 25, 110
Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) 81, 85, 100, 285
Romantic movement 29–30, 51, 57, 74, 80, 92–4, 99, 109, 124, 128, 131, 150, 191, 198, 204, 295, 297, 307
Rossini, Gioachino 9, 21, 26, 31, 50, 63, 65, 81, 84, 95, 100, 118, 190, 198, 204
Rothschild, Betty, baronne de 284
Rothschild, Lady Hannah 269
Rothschild, James de 90
Rothschild family 90, 217, 224, 259, 269, 284
Rouen, France 151, 152
Rousseau, Théodore 250
Rozengardt, Zofia 221–3, 244
Rozières, Marie de 208–9, 216, 219, 226, 231, 232, 240, 244, 248, 251, 253, 257–9, 282, 284
Rubinstein, Anton 204, 212, 296
Rzewuska, Countess Aleksandra 65, 67
Sabran, Delphine de 124
Saint-Barbe, Edward 142
Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin 125, 133
Saint-Gratien, France 142–5, 160
Salle Pleyel, Paris 87, 116, 117, 201, 205, 229
Sand, George (Aurore Dupin) 202, 205, 284, 285, 289, 292, 294; appearance 136–7, 154–5; in Barcelona 161, 169–70; Béatrix, material supplied for Balzac’s novel 187–90; Charles Didier and 141; childhood and family 130; Consuelo 194; Cosima 183, 195; d’Agoult and 186–90; daughter’s marriage and 245–60; Delacroix and 198, 199; FC, affair with 153–71, 174––86, 193–8, 200, 201, 206–24, 228–33, 235–9, 241–3, 303; FC, end of affair with 243–60, 264–5, 280; FC first meets 134, 135, 139, 153–4; FC, sex life with 155, 158, 180–1, 210; FC’s health and 163, 166, 169–71, 174, 178, 206–7, 213, 219–21, 224–7, 236–8, 263; finances 167; Gabriel 174–5; Histoire de ma Vie 180, 181, 221; Indiana 130; Liszt and 130, 132, 137, 141; Louis Blanc and 228, 229; Lucrezia Floriani 236–9, 243, 250, 280; Majorca 160–9; Mallefille and 156–60; marriage to Dudevant 130; in Marseille 170–6; masculine qualities 131; Michel de Bourges and 141; Musset and 131, 181; Nohant 141, 146–8, 155, 176–86, 195, 206, 207, 209, 217–19, 224–7, 229–44, 250–2, 258, 260; Les Sept Cordes de la Lyre 159; in Switzerland 130, 132
Sandeau, Jules 130
Sartoris, Adelaide 270
Schadow, Friedrich Wilhelm 111
Scheffer, Ary 246
Schlesinger, Adolf Martin 85, 100, 101, 115, 172–4, 208
Schoelcher, Victor 135, 141
Schubert, Franz 80, 93, 115, 118, 136, 140, 176
Schumann, Robert 80, 86, 93, 104, 109, 115, 120, 121, 127, 128, 190, 203–4
Schuppanzigh, Ignaz 37
Schwabe, Salis 274
Scotland 275–80, 286, 287
Skarbek, Count Fryderyk 4, 10–11, 18, 21, 54, 59, 74
Skarbek, Count Józef 208
Skarbek, Countess Wictoria 10, 18, 54
Slavik, Josef 72–3
Sloper, Lindsay 227, 281
Słowacki, Juliusz 91, 120, 150
Smithson, Harriet 95, 102, 107, 144
Société des Concerts, Paris 88
Soliva, Carlo 36, 54, 59, 245
Sontag, Henriette 53, 54, 55
Soutzo, Princess 284
Sowiński, General Józef 30
Sowiński, Wojciech 84, 87
Spontini, Gasparo 9, 21, 32
Stafford House, London 268
Stamaty, Camille-Marie 87, 229
Stanisław I (Leszczyski), King 3
Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle) 125
Stirling, Jane 228, 259, 260, 264, 266, 270, 271, 274, 275, 278, 279, 281, 287–8
Stockhausen, Baron 149, 284
Strauss, Johann (the Elder) 70, 71
Streicher, Friederike 115
Stuttgart 76, 78
Sue, Eugène 135, 141
Szafarnia 4, 18–19, 23, 96
Szafarnia Courier 19–20
Szulczewski, Major 266, 273, 280, 281
Szymanowska, Marya 10
Tatischev, Countess 65
Tellefsen, Thomas 115
Thackeray, William Makepeace 270
Thalberg, Sigismund 71, 126, 139, 140, 217, 267, 275, 277
Théâtre des Italiens, Paris 81, 117
Thun-Hohenstein, Count Franz 119
Thun-Hohenstein, Josephine 119
Torphichen, Lord 274
Trémont, baron de 90
Troupenas, Eugène 174
Turgenev, Ivan 237
Universal Daily 47
Valldemosa, Marquess 162
Valldemosa monastery 164–8
Verdi, Giuseppe 81
Viardot, Louis 211, 216, 218, 220, 235,254
Viardot, Pauline see Garcia-Viardot, Pauline
Victoria, Queen 267, 268, 269, 272
Vienna 11, 15, 17, 31, 37–43, 46, 53, 54, 60, 62–76, 79, 81, 82, 101, 115, 121, 140, 273
Vienna Conservatoire 72
Vigny, Alfred de 107
Voigt, Henriette 128
Wagner, Richard 81, 296
Warsaw 3–36, 43–61, 64–7, 77, 78, 81, 82, 85, 101, 118, 119, 123, 134, 138, 139, 208, 221, 224–6, 240, 245, 259, 286, 289, 292, 294
Warsaw Benevolent Society 12, 14, 23
Warsaw Chopin Institute 309
Warsaw Conservatoire 15, 16, 22, 27, 28, 33, 35, 36, 48, 50, 58, 107
Warsaw Courier 19, 43, 46
Warsaw Recorder 11
Warsaw University 10, 11, 27, 29, 36, 58
Weber, Carl Maria von 9, 32, 53, 80, 93, 99, 115
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of 267, 269
Wessel (publisher) 184
Weydlich, Adam 3
Weydlich, Franciszek 3
Wieck, Clara 121
Wieck, Friedrich 120, 121, 128
Winterhalter, Franz 248
Wisch, Friedrich 86
Witwicki, Stefan 29, 45, 52, 58, 59, 73–4, 91, 126, 182, 205, 210, 214, 216, 250, 276, 307
Wodzińska, Maria 119–21, 126–9, 136, 138, 139, 142, 148, 150, 153, 155, 175, 208, 209
Wodzińska, Teresa 120, 126–8, 138–9, 142, 146, 147
Wodziński, Antoni 123, 142, 147, 174, 208, 209, 216, 250
Wodziński, Feliks 119, 128–9, 209
Wodziński, Kazimierz 82
Wodziński family 119–21, 126–7, 138–9, 142, 146, 147
Woerlitzer, Sigismund 53, 54
Woyciechowski, Tytus 17, 26, 43–6, 49–58, 62–4, 66, 70, 73, 77, 78, 82, 85–7, 95, 105, 246, 289
Würfel, Wilhelm Vaclav 15, 37, 64
Zaleski, Józef Bohdan 45, 244, 235, 262, 290
Zamoyska, Countess Zofia 12
Zamoyski, Count Stanislaw 11
żelazowa Wola 4, 18, 54
Zelter, Carl Friedrich 32, 33
Zimmerman, Joseph 151, 216
żywny, Adalbert 8–10, 15, 21, 27, 39, 46, 60