An Evil Eye – the theme tune?

A beautiful little mazurka by Chopin plays a role in An Evil Eye, and readers might like to hear it.



Frederic Chopin, by Delacroix


This is it being played by Cortot:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2wgQrO-E1U&feature=related


In An Evil Eye, it is of course played by Palewski, the Polish ambassador, on his violin; and later in the novel he hears it being whistled.


You can get a copy of An Evil Eye here:


http://www.amazon.com/Evil-Eye-Novel-Jason-Goodwin/dp/0374110409/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299324263&sr=1-1



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Published on March 05, 2011 03:29
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