This multidisciplinary collection addresses Chopin's life and oeuvre invarious cultural contexts of his era. Fourteen original essays byinternationally-known scholars suggest new connections between his compositions andthe intellectual, literary, artistic, and musical environs of Warsaw and Paris.Individual essays consider representations of Chopin in the visual arts, receptionin the United States and in Poland, analytical aspects of the mazurkas and waltzes, and political, literary, and gender aspects of Chopin's music and legacy. Severalsenior scholars represent the fields of American, Western European, and Polishhistory, Slavic literature, musicology, music theory, and art history.