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| | Chopin, Frederic Francois. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Chopin established the piano as a solo instrument free from choral or orchestral influence. | | | In 1836, Liszt introduced Chopin to Mme Dudevant, better known by her pen name George Sand, with whom he spent the winter of 1838–39 in Majorca; there, despite worsening pulmonary illness, he wrote his 24 preludes, which are counted among his finest compositions. | | | He was a virtuoso interpreter of his own works, but his dislike of playing in public made him prefer teaching and composing to the concert stage. |
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| | Frederic Chopin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Chopin's music for the piano combined a unique rhythmic sense (particularly his use of rubato, chromatic inflections, and counterpoint). | | | In the autumn of 1826, Chopin began studying music theory, figured bass, and composition with the composer Józef Elsner (born 1769 in Silesia) at the Warsaw Conservatory. | | | Chopin also never indulged in 'scene painting' in his music or affixing to his works fanciful or descriptive titles, unlike his contemporary Robert Schumann. |
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| | Frederic Chopin |
| | Portraits and medallions of Chopin were executed by Ary Scheffer and Eugène Delacroix, and by the sculptors Bary and Clésinger. | | | Chopin declared that the destruction of his relations with Madame Dudevant in 1847 broke up his life. | | | But notwithstanding this strongly pronounced national type of his compositions, his music is always expressive of his individual feelings and sufferings to a degree rarely met with in the annals of the art. |
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| | CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Chopin Biography |
| | Chopin is one of the few greatest composers to be known primarily for his work for a solo instrument. | | | Schumann described Chopin's music as "cannon buried in flowers." The surface of Chopin's music may be of the drawing room particularly in pieces such as the Waltzes (for example, from Opus 64: No.1, Valse in c#, (La Valse Minute), and No.2, Valse in c#; Valse in e, Op.posth. | | | With Chopin we leave the world of the eighteenth century piano completely and enter a new realm of idiomatic writing that grows directly out of the technique of the instrument and its development that brought it close to our modern instrument in sonority. |
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| | Frederic Chopin - an overview of the classical composer |
| | Chopin was a skilled pianist, and a large proportion of his works are for solo piano. | | | Perhaps the greatest influence in terms of composition was Bach, with Chopin's 24 preludes in all keys clearly mirroring Bach's 48 preludes and fugues. | | | Chopin also developed a form called the Ballade which is a more extended work, fairly free in style like a stream of consciousness, but with an internal logic. |
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| | Essentials of Music - Composers |
| | Finally, Chopin is remembered as one of the first nationalist composers, using the themes and dances of his native Poland as the sources for his pieces (especially the polonaises and mazurkas). | | | Chopin carried on a long-term romantic affair with the writer George Sand (Aurore Dudevant), spending periods of great creativity at her estate in Nohant. | | | In every way, Chopin was the quintessential "Romantic" composer, and Robert Schumann's initial reaction to his music ("Hats off, gentlemen, a genius") was borne out in his short but spectacular career. |
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| | PlanetPapers - Frederic Chopin |
| | Chopin only gave about thirty public performances in his lifetime and all of his other performances were for small private audiences. | | | It is strange that Chopin did not dedicate any of his published works to either of the two known loves of his life, Maria Wodzinski and George Sand. | | | Chopin also taught piano from 1832 to 1849, after he had settled in Paris. |
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| | Frédéric François Chopin - Classical music composer |
| | She denied, of course, that it was a portrait, but contemporaries were not to be deceived, and Liszt gives several passages from Lucrezia Florianiin his biography of the musician. | | | In his biography of Chopin, he tells us that the extremely sensitive artist, who was so easily alarmed, dreaded "this woman above all women, as, like a priestess of Delphi, she said so many things that the others could not have said. | | | The love affair between Sand and Chopin was a scandal for Sand was "that woman" to most of Chopin's acquaintances. |
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| | Home Page Chopin |
| | Now, thanks to the Internet, we can reach many more people throughout the world, who are interested in Chopin and his music, and we hope that our service will be an exciting adventure of discovery as well as providing information on specific aspects of Chopin's life and works. | | | Their professional expertise and continuing collaboration ensure that the Web Site will be of great value to both general music lovers and professional musicians and musicologists. | | | his Web Site has been set up by the Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw, which for 70 years has been collecting Chopiniana and promoting knowledge about the composer and his works. |
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| | Chopin |
| | Chopin first studied piano at the Warsaw Conservatory, and became very proficient on the instrument by the time he reached his early teens. | | | He spent the first 20 years of his life in Warsaw, where he was able to hear many of the premier artists of the time perform. | | | He soon became a favorite of the Parisian salons, and the society elite, and throughout the years that he lived in Paris, was always in great demand as both a pianist and a teacher. |
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| | Frederic Chopin Society - Home |
| | Although our name honors Frederic Chopin, the universally cherished "poet of the piano," the Society programs the works of a variety of composers, covering three centuries of piano repertoire. | | | Events are held at the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center in St. Paul in a concert hall that fosters an intimate connection between artist and audience. | | | Performers are selected for their distinctive artistry and include pianists still building their careers as well as established veterans of the concert stage. |
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| | Chopin Foundation |
| | The Regional Councils of the Chopin Foundation present membership activities in their respective areas: Florida Chopin Council - in Miami; Greater New York Chopin Council - in New York; San Francisco Chopin Council - in San Francisco Bay area; and the Northwest Chopin Council - in Seattle. | | | National Chopin Piano Competition, the only major music competition in the United States open exclusively to American pianists, has been held in Miami every five years since 1975. | | | The First Prize winner tours the United States. |
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| | Amazon.com: Frederic Chopin: Music: Fryderyk Chopin,Claudio Abbado,David Zinman,London Symphony Orchestra,Martha ... |
| | Chopin: 4 Ballades, 4 Scherzi / Ashkenazy ~ Fryderyk Chopin | | | Amazon.com: Frederic Chopin: Music: Fryderyk Chopin,Claudio Abbado,David Zinman,London Symphony Orchestra,Martha Argerich,Vladimir Ashkenazy | | | Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in Fm/Grand Fantasia ~ Fryderyk Chopin |
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| | Frederic Chopin - InfoChopin - Events, Places, Organizations and Music |
| | The young artist's program includes works by Haydn and Beethoven as well as Barcarolle in F sharp Major, Op. | | | The program includes music by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin and Schoenberg. | | | Frederic Chopin - InfoChopin - Events, Places, Organizations and Music |
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| | Frederic Chopin on Almondnet |
| | Frederic Chopin - an overview of his music. | | | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) Frederic Chopin was born in Poland of a Polish mother, and his country of... | | | Frederic Francois Chopin (1810 - 1849) Frederic Chopin was born in 1810, in Zelazowa-Wola, a town near Warsaw, Poland. |
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