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Frédéric Chopin
Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)
"Chopin" redirects here. For other uses, see Chopin (disambiguation).
Frédéric Chopin | |
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| Born | Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-03-01)1 March 1810 Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw |
| Died | 17 October 1849(1849-10-17) (aged 39) Paris, France |
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| Works | List of compositions |
Frédéric François Chopin[n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin;[n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak o
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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, the Polish composer and pianist, was born on 1 March 1810, according to the statements of the artist himself and his family, but according to his baptismal certificate, which was written several weeks after his birth, the date was 22 February. His birthplace was the village of Zelazowa Wola near Sochaczew, in the region of Mazovia, which was part of the Duchy of Warsaw. The manor-house in Zelazowa Wola belonged to Count Skarbek and Chopin's father, Mikolaj (Nicolas) Chopin, a Polonized Frenchman, was employed there as a tutor. He had been born in 1771 in Marainville in the province of Lorraine in France, but already as a child he had established contacts with the Polish families of Count Michal Pac and the manager of his estate, Jan Adam Weydlich. At the age of 16, Mikolaj accompanied them to Poland where he settled down permanently. He never returned to France and did not retain contacts with his French family but brought up his children as Poles. In 1806, Mikolaj Chopin married Tekla Justyna Krzyzanowska, who was the housekeeper for the Skarbek fa
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Chopin's birthplace
- Chopin's birthplace, now the museum of Chopin.
- Frédéric François Chopin is born at Zelazowa Wola in Mazovia, in the Warsaw region of Poland in 1810. Although his actual birthdate is a mystery, it is generally accepted that he was born on March 1, although it is also thought that he was born on February 22. His birth name, however, was Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin. His father, Nicholas was born in France and emigrated to Poland in 1787. Chopin's mother was Tekla Justyna Kryzanowska.
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Frédéric François Chopin's Life
- Six months after Chopin's birth, his family moved to Warsaw.
- Chopin composes two polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major. A polonaise is a slow dance in triple time, which is of Polish orign.
- Chopin writes his next work, polonaise in A-flat major. He wrote it in 1821 and it was his earliest surviving musical manuscript.
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Chopin attends the Warsaw Lyceum
The Warsaw Lyceum was a seccondary school that was Warsaw. - In 1826, he bagan a course of studi
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