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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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1	Nocturne in C# minor full track	1,081
2	Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 full track	634
3	Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 full track	618
4	Funeral March full track	447
5	Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38 full track	360
6	Berceuse, Op 57	308
7	Minute Waltz full track	272
8	Arthur Rubinstein - Op. 17, No. 1 In B-Flat	241
9	Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 full track	234
10	Op 62-1 B Major	214
11	Allegro Maestoso full track	154
12	Berceuse full track	117
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14	Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Op. 52 full track	113
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sexnapoleon wrote:
5 minutes ago

pietrox2, just get the fuck out. [3]

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ulyssestone wrote:
yesterday morning

www.spotifyclassical.com my blog for sharing Spotify playlist of classical music, in the first post you can find out about how to get Spotify no matter where you live.

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AbsFTW wrote:
Wednesday evening

Nocturne 19 Op. 72/1, played by Richter. Of my favourite pieces of music of all time.

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danced-in-fire wrote:
Tuesday evening

if he likes chopin music, whats wrong with it? o_O

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Vampremo wrote:
Tuesday morning

pietrox2, just get the fuck out. [2]

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Nate999 wrote:
Monday morning

pietrox2, just get the fuck out.

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pietrox2 wrote:
Friday evening

Matt Bellamy (Muse) likes Chopin's music, heh :)

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pornogothic wrote:
10 days ago

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:
10 days ago

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:
11 days ago

Fryderyk Chopin

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Death_CZ wrote:
13 days ago

gets me in the mood

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Wooshmeister wrote:
14 days ago

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:
14 days ago

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

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MichalSlash wrote:
14 days ago

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

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HinduWall wrote:
19 days ago

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

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LongLiveTheD wrote:
19 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:
20 days ago

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

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Mithrandir_21 wrote:
21 days ago

The Raindrop Prelude is simply amazing

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ellepharaoh wrote:
22 days ago

I am really enjoying Vladimir Ashkenazy's performances.

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Juve_Rule wrote:
23 days ago

Gooood stuff.

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