Frédéric Chopin

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Żelazowa Wola, Poland (1810 – 1849)

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (Chopin pronounced “shoh-pan”) (Frédéric François Chopin in French), (1st March 1810 – 17th October 1849) is one of the most famous, influential, and admired composers and virtuoso pianists of the Romantic era, and is Poland’s most beloved composer.

He was born of Polish and French parentage in the village of Żelazowa Wola, Poland. In Warsaw he was hailed as a child prodigy and was the “second Mozart” for his piano and composition skill, for which the composer Robert Schumann complimented the talented pianist, “Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!” Due to the political situation in Poland, he left his country for France at the age of 20. There he composed his two piano concertos with their patriotic Polish themes and rhythms, based on traditional polish dances. He never returned to Poland but after his death his sister Ludwika took his heart to Poland - in accordance with his last will, where it was placed inside a pillar of the Holy Cross Church at Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street.

In Paris, he made a career as a performer and teacher as well as a composer, and he adopted the French variant of his name, “Frédéric-François”. In 1836 he met the French writer George Sand, with whom he had a relationship for nine years until 1847. He suffered poor health for much of his life and this forced him to give up performing and teaching shortly before he died.

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Top Tracks

1	Nocturne in C# minor full track	1,076
2	Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 full track	669
3	Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 full track	617
4	Funeral March full track	448
5	Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 full track	334
6	Berceuse, Op 57	312
7	Minute Waltz full track	301
8	Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 full track	251
9	Arthur Rubinstein - Op. 17, No. 1 In B-Flat	238
10	Op 62-1 B Major	217
11	Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Op. 52 full track	138
12	Allegro Maestoso full track	134
13	Larghetto full track	114
14	Prelude in E minor full track	98
15	Etude, Op. 25, No. 1 full track	96

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WildPrincess89 wrote:
2 hours ago

I just downloaded all Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Chopin ringtones at http://tiny.cc/WhoCX Nocturne in C# minor is my favorite, love it!

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pornogothic wrote:
yesterday evening

As he had lived in France for a long time, it's quite acceptable to use the name Frédéric Francois insted of Fryderyk Franciszek (the same thing is with Liszt - orginally he's Ferenc, but because of living in Germany he often goes as Franz)

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Imek wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Last.fm is an English website, and it's standard for us to use the spelling Frédéric. Leave it to Poles to get all worked up quibbling over such trivialities.

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aineb wrote:
yesterday morning

Fryderyk Chopin

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Death_CZ wrote:
Friday evening

gets me in the mood

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Wooshmeister wrote:
Friday morning

How about this? It's Fryderk, but for Last.fm and for tagging purposes, we'll keep it Frederic. There. Now end this year-old argument already. >:|

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valdaliso wrote:
Friday morning

And here we go again, just in time for Christmas! http://retardalert.ytmnd.com/

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MichalSlash wrote:
Thursday evening

Yeh I agree with mazur_pl - it's "Fryderk" ffs ...

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HinduWall wrote:
9 days ago

Nocturnes in D-flat (Op. 27) and in B-flat (Op. 9) are personal favorites.

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LongLiveTheD wrote:
9 days ago

@mazur_pl: I do agree with you although I think the conversation about his name's nationality had already taken place in this shoutbox.

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mazur_pl wrote:
10 days ago

Frédéric? idiot wrote it, he was a Pole, so his name is "Fryderyk' o.O

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Mithrandir_21 wrote:
11 days ago

The Raindrop Prelude is simply amazing

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ellepharaoh wrote:
12 days ago

I am really enjoying Vladimir Ashkenazy's performances.

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Juve_Rule wrote:
13 days ago

Gooood stuff.

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Craigsly wrote:
13 days ago

He's a fantastic pianist. Sleeping to this doesn't work, but its my study music of choice, along with DJ Shadow : )

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Nightwork wrote:
13 days ago

Nocturne Op.9 No.1 is still his most beautiful piece mkay

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chopininstitute wrote:
16 days ago

To sGarrista: no, it is not Op. 27 but the piece written in Warsaw, unpublished during Chopin's life.

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sGarrista- wrote:
17 days ago

Is the top track Op. 27? If so, it definitely deserves to be there. And the top tracks aren't ranked by their listens, they are ranked by the number of their listeners so "power-playing" doesn't affect it. The real reason it's there is that of Chopin's streamable tracks, that one is featured on most compilation albums

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Mahglazzies wrote:
20 days ago

Chopin was such a physically weak man in his lifetime, and he faced many a hardship. It's no wonder why his music is so beautiful. It's dripping with such raw emotion.

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Greyshm wrote:
21 days ago

Penumbrella, perhaps someone has been "power" playing it. I personally wouldn't have thought it would be top.

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