Oberlin Digital Commons at Oberlin Honors Papers Student Work 2018 Chopin Onscreen: Media Representations of Frederic Chopin Monika Cecilia Franaszczuk Oberlin College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors Part of the Musicology Commons Repository Citation Franaszczuk, Monika Cecilia, "Chopin Onscreen: Media Representations of Frederic Chopin" (2018). Honors Papers. 152. https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/152 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Work at Digital Commons at Oberlin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Papers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons at Oberlin. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Chopin Onscreen Media Representations of Frederic Chopin A thesis submitted to the Oberlin College & Conservatory Musical Studies Department Monika Cecilia Franaszczuk Spring 2018 Franaszczuk, Chopin Onscreen 2 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Chopin as the Ideal Pole 4 Młodość Chopina and Pragnienie Miłości Chopin as the Revolutionary 24 A Song to Remember, Młodość Chopina, Pragnienie Miłości, La Note Bleue, and Eternal Sonata Chopin as the Romantic 44 Impromptu and A Song to Remember Conclusion 52 Acknowledgments 54 Appendix 55 Works Referenced 56 Franaszczuk, Chopin Onscreen 3 Introduction The purpose of this research project is to investigate the relationship between biographical films about Chopin and the context in which they were produced. Chopin’s life lends itself well to the “tortured romantic artist” trope, due to his estrangement from his home country, his romantic troubles with George Sand, and the illness that led to his untimely death. His dramatic story has yielded several fictionalized interpretations of his life.