biography
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Chopin, Frédéric (François)
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pronunciation:
[shohpĩ]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1810–49)
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| biography:
| Composer and pianist, born in Zelazowa Wola, C Poland, where his French father had settled. He played in public at the age of eight, and published his first work at 15. He studied at the Warsaw Conservatory under Elsner (1826–9), made his adult debut in Warsaw (1830), then visited Vienna and Paris, becoming the idol of the Salons. He lived with the novelist George Sand (Madame Dudevant) from 1838 until 1847, when they became estranged. Chopin wrote mainly for the piano, including 50 mazurkas, 27 études, 25 préludes, 19 nocturnes, 13 waltzes, 12 polonaises, four ballades, three impromptus, three sonatas, two piano concertos, and a funeral march. Long enfeebled by tuberculosis, he died in Paris. |
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