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Born in Germany to French parents, Henri-Frédéric Schopin was the son of the sculptor Jean-Louis-Théodore Chopin and the brother of the polygrapher Jean-Marie Chopin. [2] He was a student of Antoine-Jean Gros. He won the Prix de Rome in painting in 1831 for Achilles pursued by the Xanthus.
Mieroszewski's works included oil portraits, painted in 1829, of composer Frédéric Chopin (the earliest known portrait of him); his parents — Nicolas Chopin (1771–1844) and Justyna Chopin, née Krzyżanowska (1782–1861); the older sister of Fryderyk (as he then was) Ludwika (1807–1855), and his younger sister Izabela (1811–1881).
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Ludwika Jędrzejewicz (Polish: [ludˈvika jɛndʐɛˈjɛvitʂ]; née Chopin; 6 April 1807 – 29 October 1855) was the elder sister of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. She was born in Warsaw , Poland, in 1807, the daughter of Nicolas Chopin and his wife Justyna.
Frederic Edwin Church's magnificent painting El Khasné, Petra (1874) depicts the temple in the historical city of Petra, Jordan. Church was an American landscape painter, so this particular piece ...
There, Chopin wrote many of his most famous works, including the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58, and the Ballade No. 3 Op. 47. In her novel Lucrezia Floriani , Sand is said to have used Chopin as a model for a sickly Eastern European prince named Karol.
His piano pieces are technically demanding and expanded the limits of the instrument; his own performances were noted for their nuance and sensitivity. Chopin's major piano works include mazurkas, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, the instrumental ballade (which Chopin created as an instrumental genre), études, impromptus, scherzi, preludes, and ...
Piano Library: Frédéric Chopin Complete list of Chopin piano works with musical extracts, difficulty ratings and recommended editions. The Chopin Project has more information, links, resources, and audio on demand of Chopin's solo keyboard works. PDF Sheet Music from the Mutopia Project