Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
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Alternative fitst name spellings: Fryderyk Franciszek, Frédéric François |
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“Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.”
GENERAL INFO
Description: Chopin was one of the most important composers of Romanticism and the main representative of instrumental virtuosity. Thanks to his refined technique, the piano became very important and was considered the main instrument of Romanticism. | |
Sex: Male | Occupation: Pianist. Composser |
Place of Birth / Death: Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw (Poland) / Paris, France | Country Tags: Poland. France |
Periods: Romanticism | Genres: Chamber music, Instrumental music, Concert, Orchestral music, Vocal music |
Styles: Romanticism. Virtuosism. | School / Group: – |
Instruments: Piano | Relatives: Tekla Justyna Chopin (mother), Mikołaj Chopin (father), Emilia Chopin (sister), Ludwika Jedrzejewicz Chopin (sister). |
Patrons: – | Master: Antoni Radziwiłł, Józef Ksawery Elsner. |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- All Music: Frédéric Chopin biography: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-chopin-mn0000066824/biography – [18/01/2018]
- Biografías y vidas. La enciclopedia biográfica en línea: Frédéric Chopin: https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/chopin.htm – [18/01/2018]
- Chopin Foundation of the United States: http://www.chopin.org – [18/01/2018]
- Chopin Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7y97mc3bZRFXzT2szRM4L4 – [18/01/2018]
- Chopin: the poet of the piano: http://www.ourchopin.com/ – [18/01/2018]
- Frédéric Chopin at Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-Chopin – [18/01/2018]
- Infochopin. Official Frédéric Chopin website: http://www.chopin.pl/ – [18/01/2018]
- The Fryderyk Chopin Institute: http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/institute/ – [18/01/2018]
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frédéric Chopin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin – [18/01/2018]
- Wikiquote: Frédéric Chopin: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin – [18/01/2018]
Bibliography
- Burkholder, J. Peter. Jay Grout, Donald. Palisca, Claude V. (2015). Historia de la música occidental. Madrid: Alianza música.
- Copin Frédéric (1933): Lettres, Tr. Stéphane Danyss. Malfère,
- Delgado, Francisco (2000). Federico Chopin, melancolía y creatividad. Ediciones Real Musical, Madrid.
- Kleczynsky, Jean (1880). Fréderic Chopin. Félix Mackar, París.
- Liszt, Franz (1979). Chopin. Colección Austral, Madrid.
- Niecks, Friedrich (1973). Chopin as Man and Musician. Cooper Square Publischer, Nueva York.
- Onnen, Frank. (1967). Enciclopedia de la música. Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado.