# Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Complete

Author: Niecks, Frederick, 1845-1924

Genre: Music

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4973

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Frederick+Chopin%2C+as+a+Man+and+Musician+Niecks&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

While the novelist has absolute freedom to follow his artistic instinct and intelligence, the biographer is fettered by the subject-matter with which he proposes to deal. The former may hopefully pursue an ideal, the latter must rest satisfied with a compromise between the desirable and the necessary. No doubt, it is possible to thoroughly digest all the requisite material, and then present it in a perfect, beautiful form. But this can only be done at a terrible loss, at a sacrifice of truth and trustworthiness. My guiding principle has been to place before the reader the facts collected by me as well as the conclusions at which I arrived. This will enable him to see the subject in all it...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/44/index.md)
- [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/40/index.md)
- [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/36/index.md)
- [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/42/index.md)
- [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/35/index.md)
- [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/41/index.md)
- [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/37/index.md)
- [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/34/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/39/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/38/index.md)
- [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/32/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/43/index.md)
- [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/frederick-chopin-as-a-man-and-musician-complete-4973/chapters/27/index.md)