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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.
Book-length biographies concentrating on a limited number of episodes in Chopin's life include: Szulc, Tad (1998). Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0-684-82458-1. [7] Eisler, Benita (2007) [2003]. Chopin's Funeral. Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 9780307425256. [8]
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The Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, by Frédéric Chopin is a single-movement work for the piano, composed in 1841, when he was 31 years old. [1] From Chopin's letters it is known that he used the name "fantasy" to show some sort of freedom from rules and give a Romantic expression. [1]
Nicknames have been given to most of Chopin's Études over time, but Chopin himself never used nicknames for these pieces, nor did he name them. Op. 10, 12 Études: Étude in C major (1830) Étude in A minor (1830) Étude in E major (1832) Étude in C ♯ minor (1832) Étude in G ♭ major (1830) Étude in E ♭ minor (1830) Étude in C major ...
The last opus number Chopin used was 65, that allocated to the Cello Sonata in G minor. He expressed a death-bed wish that all his unpublished manuscripts be destroyed. This included the early Piano Sonata No. 1; Chopin had assigned the Opus number 4 to it in 1828, and had even dedicated it to his teacher Elsner, but chose not to publish it. In ...
The Salon Frédéric Chopin (French pronunciation: [salɔ̃ fʁedeʁik ʃɔpɛ̃]) is a small museum dedicated to Frédéric Chopin. It is located within the Polish Library in Paris—Bibliothèque polonaise de Paris—in the 4th arrondissement of Paris at 6, Quai d'Orléans, Paris, France. Guided visits are available Thursday afternoons and ...