CHOPIN'S+LIFE

HOME>CHOPIN'S LIFE = CHOPIN'S LIFE = toc **"Frédéric François Chopin"** Birth: 1810 March 3rd, Poland Death: 1849 October 17th, France Pianist and compositionist in the romantic period Chopin Photo Gallery || ||
 * =-BASIC INFORMATION-=

=- TIMELINE -= He learns piano from a professional pianist, { Wojciech Zywny} , until he surpasses after six years in 1822 ||
 * Year || Incident ||
 * 1810 || Chopin born in Middle of Poland (Zelazowa Wola) ||
 * 1817 || Starts to learn Piano

Also composed his first two pieces, G minor and B-flat major of the 18 polonaises. || His body gets buried in a church in Paris but his heart is placed in a church in Warsaw ||
 * 1818 || First official Piano concert held
 * 1826 || Goes to Warsaw Music University ||
 * 1831 || Leaves Warsaw and goes to Paris ||
 * 1838 || Lives in Majorca Island because of tuberculosis but worsens ||
 * 1847 || Becomes depressed ||
 * 1848 || Last concert in Paris. Also stayed in London, and performed in front of Queen Victoria ||
 * 1849 || Dies in Paris. (Tuberculosis)

As a child, Chopin was generally intelligent. He had talents to mimic other's voices. Chopin could also observe and sketch well, to the point that the school teacher was pleased to see Chopin draw a portrait of the teacher during class time. Not only academically, but he was also full of wits and humors. As a teenager he also showed great writing skills enough to write in a newspaper.
 * Childhood-**

During his stay in Paris, he was invited to a party held by one of Liszt's friends. There, Chopin met a French writer George Sand. Although at first, Chopin showed a sense of dislike to her - one evidence being that he argued with his friend (Ferdinand Hiller) that Sand was a repulsive woman. However, they ended up living together for nine years until Chopin falls ill and depressed in 1847 when Sand leaves him.
 * Meeting with George Sand-**

=- PEOPLE HE MET -= Same social circle as Chopin in Paris || Same social circle as Chopin in Paris || Same social circle as Chopin in Paris || Same social circle as Chopin in Paris || Same social circle as Chopin in Paris || Novel Writer, Had a 9-year relationship with Chopin || Chopin's family was originally a talented musicians, Frederic Chopin's father, Nicholas Chopin is a flautist and a violinist, and the mother, a pianist. Because Chopin's family was running a dormitory for elite students, the mother taught piano to these students. This is the reason why Frederic Chopin was very close to music since he was an infant.
 * Name || Comment ||
 * Nicholas Chopin || French, Frederic Chopin's Father ||
 * Chopin's Mother || Polish ||
 * Franz Liszt || Pianist, Composer,
 * Hector Berlioz || Composer,
 * Heinrich Heine || Writer,
 * Honore de Balzac || Writer,
 * Eugene Delacroix || Artist,
 * Aurore Dudevant || (Georges Sand)

=**-MAIN COMPOSITIONS-**=


 * 58 mazurkas**
 * 27 etudes**
 * 27 preludes**
 * 21 nocturnes**
 * 20 waltzes**
 * 18 polonaises**
 * 5 rondos**
 * 4 ballades**
 * 4 impromptus**
 * 4 scherzi**
 * 4 sets of variations**
 * 3 ecossaises**
 * 3 piano sonatas**
 * 2 concerti**


 * A list of Chopin's works : Outside Page**

> Wojciech Zywny > He is a Czech musician, that can play violin and piano. Although Chopin has surpassed him, he still respected this teacher enough to give one of his compositions to Zywny to name it.
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