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Frédéric François Chopin (), (March 1 1810Some sources give February 22, please see Biography for details – October 17, 1849) was a Polish pianist and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the most famous, influential and admired composers for the piano.
He was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland, to a Polish mother and French expatriate father. Hailed as a child prodigy in his homeland, Chopin left for Paris at the age of 20. In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer, and adopted the French variant of his name, "Frédéric-François". He had a turbulent 10-year relationship with the French writer George Sand from 1837 to 1847. Always in fragile health, he succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 39.
Chopin's compositions, which are mainly for the piano, include his Funeral March (part of his second piano sonata but composed long before the other parts) and the twenty-four études and are widely considered to be among the pinnacles of the piano repertoire. Although some of his music is among the most technically demanding for the instrument, Chopin's style emphasizes poetry, nuance, and expressive depth rather than mere technical display. His works are often cited as one of the mainstays of Romanticism in nineteenth-century classical music.
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1:45 P: Frédéric Chopin: Rondo a la Krakowiak, Op. 14, Garrick Ohlsson, piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord, Conductor
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1:45 P: Frédéric Chopin: Rondo a la Krakowiak, Op. 14, Garrick Ohlsson, piano Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazimierz Kord, Conductor
Chopin Early Editions - Collection of over 400 first and early printed editions of musical compositions in The University of Chicago Library. Catalogued and scanned.
Chopin Foundation - A chronological biography with dates, from birth to death.
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Classical Music MIDI: Frédéric François Chopin - MIDI files of mazurkas, etudes and nocturnes.
Classical Music Pages - A biography from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with photograph and links to related composers and those whom he influenced.
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InfoChopin - Daily updated information from all over the world about related events, places, and organizations.
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Internet Chopin Information Centre - Information about the composers life and music, institutions, people, events, bibliography (over 5000 records), catalogues of manuscripts and films.
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Motivic-Structural Unity in Chopin's Nocturne - An analysis of the Nocturne in G minor, opus 37.
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Polamjournal: Frederic Chopin - Polish American Journal includes a biography, selected links and MIDI files available for download.
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Young Composers: Frederic Chopin - A biography about the composer's style and method of composing.
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