Fryderyk Chopin
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CHOPIN,FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK (1810 ÐÐŽV1849)
Was a very famous composer that lived on romantic era, he was a friend of Franz liszt ÐÐŽV also a composer. He composed lots of compositions, many of them are very famous and priceless for classical music. Almost ChopinÐЎЦs compositions are for piano and voices, but he also composed for orchestra and cello concertos.
BIRTH:
ЄÐÑ- MANY DATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS THE EXACT DATE, THAT ARE MARCH 1ST, MARCH 3RD MARCH 5TH (ST. FREDERICS DAY), AND FEBRUARY 22ND 1810 ARE POSSIBLE DATES
ЄÐÑ-BORN IN THE VILLAGE OF ZELAZOWA-WOLA, NEAR WARSAW, POLAND
FAMILY:
FATHER: NICOLAS CHOPIN (WORKED AS A BOOKKEEPER AND TEACHER)(1770-1844).
MOTHER: JUSTYNA (1784-1861)
SISTERS:ISABELLA (1811-1881)
LUDWIKA (1807-1855)
EMILIA (1813-1827)
ACCORDING TO THE REFERENCES, CHOPIN KNOWN AS A VERY PRODUCTIVE COMPOSER. A REFERENCE SAID THAT HE CREATES FOR ABOUT 229 COMPOSITIONS, 70 OF THEM ARE NOT PUBLISHED. BUT IN OTHER REFERENCE, CHOPIN HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR COMPOSING ABOUT 246 COMPOSITION, SEVERAL ARE LOST.
HIS COMPOSITION INCLUDING MARZURKAS, BARCAROLLE, POLONAISE, WATZES,CONSERTOS,ETUDE OR STUDIES, MARCH, IMPROMPTUS, SCHERZOS, SONATAS, NOCTURNES, BALLADS, PRELUDES, FANTASIA, BARCAROLLE, TRIOS, BOLERO, RONDO, AND SONGS.
EXAMPLE COMPOSITION OF THE FAMOUS ONES ARE:
MINUTE WALTZ (VALSE, OP 64 NO 1)
NOCTURNE OP. 9 NO. 2
FANTASIA IMPROMPTU OP. 66
POLONAISE IN A MAJOR, OPUS 40 NO. 1
THE POLONAISE IN A FLAT, OPUS 53
THE POLONAISE- FANTAISIE, OPUS 61
REVOLUTIONARY ETUDE OP 10 NO 3
CAUSE OF DEATH:
CHOPIN DIED AT TWO OCLOCK IN THE MORNING ON OCTOBER 17TH , 1849. CHOPINÐЎЦS DOCTOR,DR. CRUVEILHIER SAID THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH ARE “TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS AND LARYNX.”, OLD DISEASE WHICH HE HAD SUFFERED FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND WHICH HE PROBABLY INHERITED FROM HIS FATHER
SHORT CHRONOGRAPHICAL BIOGRAPHY
HE BEGAN TAKING PIANO LESSONS AT AGE FOUR. HIS FIRST TEACHER IS WOJCIECH ZYWNY (1756 ÐÐŽV1842)
HIS FIRST COMPOSITION WAS A POLONAISE WHICH UNPUBLISHED AND NOW ARE LOST.
HIS FIRST PUBLISHED PIECE APPEARED WHEN HE WAS ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD,
HE GRADUATED FROM THE LYCEUM AT AGE 17, HE WAS RECOGNISED AS A TALENTED COMPOSER AND THE LEADING PIANIST OF WARSAW.
WHEN HE GRADUATED, HIS TEACHER JOSEF ELSNER ADMITTED HIM AS A THIRD YEAR STUDENT WHO HAS AMAZING TALENT AND A MUSICAL GENIUS.
AFTER HE GAVE TWO SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCES AT HIS FIRST CONCERT WHEN HE WAS 19, ALL OF TICKETS WAS SOLD OUT THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERT.
HIS FIRST LOVE WAS A WOMAN NAMED CONSTANTIA BRYKA, A STUDENT IN WARSZWA MUSIC SCHOOL IN EARLY 1830.
HIS SECOND LOVER WAS POTOZHCA
HE MOVED TO PARIS IN 1831, IN PARIS HE WAS NOTICED AS A PIANIST, TEACHER, AND COMPOSER.
CHOPINÐЎЦS PRODUCTIVE TIME IS BETWEEN 1833 UNTIL