Frédéric Chopin

LIFE AND MUSIC WALTZ 14

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music.

1810 Born at Zelazowa Wola ; his family moves to Warsaw

1816 First piano lessons with his mother1817-1821- Lessons with Zywny and the first Polonaise

1826 enters Warsaw Conservatory

1832 1st Paris concert

F. Chopin : Polonaise op. 40 no. 1 in A major "Military"

1849 -October 30 Chopin’s funeral at the Church of the Madeleine with 3000-4000 invited guests ; buried at Pere Lachaise Cemetery

by Franz Liszt

"Music was his language, the divine tongue through which he expressed a whole realm of sentiments that only the select few can appreciate... The muse of his homeland dictates his songs, and the anguished cries of Poland lend to his art a mysterious, indefinable poetry which, for all those who have truly experienced it, cannot be compared to anything else... The piano alone was not sufficient to reveal all that lies within him. In short he is a most remarkable individual who commands our highest degree of devotion."

by George Sand

"His music was spontaneous, miraculous(…) “

by Robert Schumann

"Hats off gentlemen, a genius!"