femme-heros

Updated: May 3, 2025

And whilst Liszt attributes to Chopin all sorts of feminine graces and beauties, he speaks of George Sand as an Amazon, a femme-heros, who is not afraid to expose her masculine countenance to all suns and winds. Merimee says of George Sand that he has known her "maigre comme un clou et noire comme une taupe."

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2