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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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8	Op 62-1 B Major	362
9	Arthur Rubinstein - Op. 17, No. 1 In B-Flat	361
10	Minute Waltz full track	352
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HolyandFallen wrote:
yesterday evening

genious

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Astro-kopp wrote:
yesterday morning

Why isn't he touring anymore?

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ferdlboert wrote:
Sunday evening

le maître de la musique!

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le_shambles wrote:
Sunday evening

Frederic Chopin (w/ accents, sorry) is how it's stylised in almost all the releases and discussions of his music that I have seen, no one uses Fryderyk Szopen here. *shrug* that's why it is how it is, I don't really see the point of having it as Szopen on last.fm and nowhere else.

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czarnuch7 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Chopin was from Poland, not from France - end of transmission. It's important for us, because French are going to steal our genius. Einstein who lived in USA was Amercian? Think about...

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revenga100 wrote:
Sunday morning

W Polsce Washington miał na imię Jerzy, a we Francji Szopen miał na imię Frédéric. Ma to jakieś znaczenie w ogóle?

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JimmyTrigger wrote:
Friday evening

thanks for helping me get through 4+ hours of accounting homework, Frédéric :]

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LUPHIWE wrote:
Friday morning

i would commit suicide if his music disappeared

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Catchy_Kathy wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

@KittyRulez: you probably don't know that more people than you have to vote so last.fm even bothers checking this. for example, iggy & the stooges was changed to the stooges. chopin can be changed too, you have to wait.

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ElektroT wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Chopin was both Pole and French but anybody for a change write Szopen. He has polish version of his name and it was Fryderyk.

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saramarie923 wrote:
Wednesday morning

<3 love Chopin...brings back beautiful memories of years spent at the ballet barre..

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KittyRulez wrote:
Tuesday evening

Catchy_Kathy : I tried, trust me, it doesn't work;p

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Catchy_Kathy wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

if his first name is a pain in your ass.es, why don't you suggest a correction? click the link "suggest a correction" under "more information". simple.

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Tursidhion wrote:
last week

I play the piano and love to play Chopin - it's great music. I especially like the Revolutionary Etude!

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Beeder wrote:
last month

Surely the best piano composer.

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brydzia92 wrote:
last month

amaaaazing :)

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Brutal_Aeons wrote:
last month

This guy obviously sucked at composing music. Just kidding, he's one of my favorites :)

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vicskatepunk wrote:
last month

lol

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Nightwork wrote:
last month

And yes first nocturne = win

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Nightwork wrote:
last month

lol

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