Frederic Chopin
1810 - 1849
Frederic Chopin. [Online Image] Available http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3705/images.html,
June 8, 2001.
Listen to Funeral March
or
Minute Waltz.
To hear more of Chopin's music, click
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Chopin was born in Poland and died in France. He was doomed to
die young, at the age of 39, from tuberculosis. Before his death he wrote an
impressive body of work for the piano. This instrument meant everything to him, and
was the most popular instrument of the Romantic
period.
Chopin was a Nationalistic composer. Nationalism is a love of one's
country and the desire to see one's country free from invaders. His music
speaks to these feelings of patriotism and freedom. His Etude in C Minor
was written as a gift to his native Poland. One of his most popular and best known
works is Polonaise in Ab Major.
To hear more of Chopin's music, click
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To listen to more of Chopin's works, visit the Classical MIDI Archives.
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