It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows.
Chopin has written two wonderful mazurkas which are worth more than forty novels and are more eloquent than the entire century’s literature. There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water. Note: This picture gallery page includes drawings, paintings, photos and images of Frédéric Chopin, his music, activities, friends and family, and the various places where the composer lived and wrote. Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, Ma October 17, 1849. The Prince was himself a talented composer and cellist. In 1829 Chopin had been the guest of Prince Radziwill, governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen. This salon was located in the Palais Radziwill, Berlin. Music always seems to me to produce that effect. After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own. "Chopin Playing the Piano in Prince Radziwill's Salon" (painted by Henryk Siemiradzki in 1887). The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. The writer, George Sand (1804-76), Chopin's lover during the 1840s (This painting is part of a joint portrait done in 1838 by the French romantic artist, Eugène Delacroix, of Chopin with his lover, George Sand.) Other well known Chopin works for the piano include the Barcarolle, Opus 60, the Fantasia, Opus 49, and the Berceuse, Opus 57.įrédéric Chopin in a seemingly pensive yet watchful mood. Chopin music includes piano sonatas, concertos, études (studies), nocturnes, preludes, scherzos, ballades, waltzes (such as the Minute Waltz), and mazurkas. Chopin's music was mostly written for the piano. Frédéric François Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, on March 1, 1810, in Zelazowa Wola, Masovia region, Duchy of Warsaw, Poland.
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