Chopin, Frédéric
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Frederic Chopin by Delacroix - Musee du Louvre (1838)

Born: 1 March 1810, Zelazowa Wola, Poland
Died: 17 October 1849, Paris, France

Chopin, Frédéric

Chopin is among the greatest of piano composers. With his revolutionary piano techniqueEtude in Gbm, Op.10 No.5 'Black Key' - Chopin (as turning the hands outward and using a light, responsive touch) he is considered one of the greatest pianists in music history.

He was born near Warsaw, capital of Poland, the son of a French immigrant and a Polish mother. As a child prodigy, who possessed an amazing capacity for improvisation, he impressed all his listeners. At the age of 16, he began studying at a conservatoire, and when he was 21 he moved to Paris, where he became friends with Liszt, Rossini and Berlioz, and became a piano player for Parisian aristocracy. He excelled in composing piano miniaturesNocturne No.14 in F#m, Op.48 No.2 - Chopin (tiny pieces), affected by events he had gone through, such as the fall of Warsaw by the Russians, that influenced his "Etude in C minor". He wrote almost no symphonic music at all.

Chopin developed and created some new forms of piano music, including the WaltzWaltz in C#m - ChopinValse in C#m, Op.64 No.2 - Chopin (The "Minute Waltz"Minute waltz - Chopin is probably the most famous), Ballades, PreludesPrelude No.20 in Cm Op.28 - Chopin, and Impromptus. But he was also using folk Polish dances, like the Mazurka (62 Mazurkas were written by him), and Polonaise (like the well known Polonaise in Ab 'Heroic', Op.53Polonaise in Ab 'Heroic', Op.53 - Chopin), for his piano compositions.

George SandMany composers admired him, such as Mendelssohn and Schumann, who said "Hats off, gentleman, a genius!" about Chopin. His love, writer George Sand, who lived with him for a few years, allowed him to be engaged in composing his most beautiful works, and he wrote no more after their separation. Chopin died'Marche funèbre' from Sonata in Bbm, Op.35 No.2 - Chopin of tuberculosis at 39, and was buried in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris with a handful of Poland's earth.


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