Contents

Preface

page ix

Acknowledgements

1 Background
Social history
Stylistic history
Ballade No. 1
Ballades Nos. 2-4

1
1
5
7
14

2 Genesis and reception

Sources
Editions
Critics
Pianists

20
20
26
33
38

3 Form and design

Ballade No. 1, Op.
Ballade No. 2, Op.
Ballade No. 3, Op.
Ballade No. 4, Op.

45
45
51
56
62

23
38
47
52

4 Genre
Theories
Cycles
Structures
Narratives

69
69
72
76
81

VII

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Index

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