• Frédéric Chopin wrote six works for piano and orchestra, including two concertos. The Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13, was the second of his...
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    Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic...
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  • Chopin, Chopin! is an upcoming Polish period biographical drama film directed by Michał Kwieciński. Starring Eryk Kulm as Frédéric Chopin, it follows...
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    Frédéric Chopin was separated from his body after he died in Paris, France, on 17 October 1849, aged 39. The Polish composer Frédéric Chopin had a fear...
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    waltz attributed to Frédéric Chopin found in the Morgan Library & Museum and announced to the public by The New York Times on 27 October 2024. Dated to 1830–35...
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    International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition...
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  • Chopin: Desire for Love (Polish: Chopin. Pragnienie miłości) is a film created by the director Jerzy Antczak based on the life story of the Polish pianist...
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    Nicolas Chopin (Polish: Mikołaj Chopin; 15 April 1771 – 3 May 1844) was a teacher of the French language in Partitioned Poland, and father of Polish composer...
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    following the circle of fifths in clockwise steps). Also, Chopin wrote numerous song settings of Polish texts, and chamber pieces including a piano trio and...
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    to Vienna. Chronologically: Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" in B♭ major (1827), Op. 2. Fantasy on Polish Airs, in A major (1828), Op. 13. Rondo à la...
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    Frédéric Chopin's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2, was written in 1827, when he was aged 17. "Là ci darem la mano" is...
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    Variations brillantes on "Je vends des Scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, in B♭ major (1833) Op. 13, Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major (1828–30) Op...
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  • The overture is based on Chopin's Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13. Act I is set in a village in Poland at Christmas time. Chopin declares his love to Stella...
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    but permission was denied by the Polish government. In April 2014, a visual inspection was at last performed on Chopin's alcohol-preserved heart, under...
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    Chopin Museum (Polish: Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) is a museum in Warsaw, Poland, established in 1954 and dedicated to Polish composer Frédéric Chopin....
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    Jędrzejewicz (Polish: [ludˈvika jɛndʐɛˈjɛvitʂ]; née Chopin; 6 April 1807 – 29 October 1855) was the elder sister of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. She was...
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    The Fryderyk Chopin Institute (Polish: Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina) is a Polish organization dedicated to researching and promoting the life and...
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  • original name Eternal Sonata on February 13, 2009. The story follows the Polish romantic pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin, who died of tuberculosis at...
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    Frédéric Chopin's four scherzos (or scherzi) are single-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1833 and 1843. They are often linked to Chopin's four...
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    Janusz Olejniczak (category Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition)
    Schubert, Prokofiev, and especially Chopin, including the latter's Piano concertos, the Fantasy on Polish Airs, the Piano Sonata in B-flat minor, the...
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    composer Frédéric Chopin in the form of physical monuments, institutions, and other entities named after him. Fryderyk Chopin's principal Polish residences survive...
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  • Mazurka (category Polish dances)
    notable works by Frédéric Chopin. The mazurka (in Polish mazur, the same word as the mazur) and mazurek (rural dance based on the mazur) are often confused...
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    "Ballady" and Chopin's Ballades". Polish Music Journal. 2 (1–2). ISSN 1521-6039. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Samson, Jim (1985). The music of Chopin. Routledge...
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  • Works of Fryderyk Chopin (Polish: Wydanie Narodowe Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina), also known as the Chopin National Edition and the Polish National Edition...
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  • Frédéric Chopin's birth, by the resolution of State Council of the Polish People's Republic of May 8, 1958, 1960 was officially announced as the Chopin Year...
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  • hinted at a fantasy on Polish airs." Kennedy 1987, p. 269: "Original Elgar was united with quotations from Chopin, Paderewski, and the Polish national anthem...
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  • Hector Berlioz – Waverly Overture, Op. 1 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 4 Fantasy on Polish Airs Op. 13 Rondo à la Krakowiak Op. 14 Johannes Frederik...
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  • Youth of Chopin (Polish: Młodość Chopina) is a 1952 Polish film scripted and directed by Aleksander Ford, and produced by Film Polski at the Lodz Film...
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    biographies of Frédéric Chopin had been published. Book-length biographies of Chopin's entire life include: Liszt, Franz (1852). F. Chopin (in French). Leipzig:...
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  • with Andy Panda performing a Chopin polonaise on stage. As he does so, Woody Woodpecker wanders out and starts polishing the piano, and seems impressed...
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