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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. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique ...
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola. The Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin is a dworek (lit. little manor-house – here referring to the eastern outbuilding of a non-extant mansion) surrounded by a large (over 17 acres) natural park at the banks of Utrata River in Żelazowa Wola near Sochaczew in Poland – presently a biographical museum of the composer, department of the Fryderyk Chopin ...
Saxon Palace, seen from Saxon Garden behind the Palace, 1764. Chopin and his family lived here from 1810 until 1817. The Saxon Palace was destroyed in World War II.. Fryderyk Chopin's principal Polish residences survive — most of them rebuilt from the devastations of World War II — except for the Saxon Palace, where his father Mikołaj Chopin in October 1810 (when Fryderyk was six months ...
The Frédéric Chopin Monument in Warsaw (Polish: Pomnik Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie) is a large bronze statue of Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), designed by Wacław Szymanowski, that stands in the upper part of Warsaw's Royal Baths Park (also known as Łazienki Park), adjacent to Aleje Ujazdowskie (Ujazdów Avenue).
The Chopin Family Parlor (Polish: Salonik Chopinów) was a branch of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum. It was located in the south annex of the Czapski Palace at 5 Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, Poland. It was the largest room of the former Chopin family apartment where Frédéric Chopin lived with his parents and sisters until he left Poland in ...
Lambert Wilson will play King Louis Philippe in Michał Kwieciński’s upcoming drama “Chopin, Chopin!” about composer Frédéric Chopin. “I’ve always adored Chopin,” Wilson told Variety.
Chopin's mother had implored her to move back to St. Louis, which she did, with her mother's financial support. Her children gradually settled into life in the bustling city, but Chopin's mother died the following year. [18] Chopin struggled with depression after the successive loss of her husband, her business, and her mother. Chopin's ...
From 1839 until 1847, Frédéric Chopin lived with her in the house, completing his second piano sonata, and writing the Fantaisie in F minor, the two Nocturnes, Op. 37, and the four Mazurkas, Op. 41. The panels Sand installed to muffle the sound of Chopin's piano can still be seen. [citation needed]