FREDERICK CHOPIN R E P O RT E D B Y: G R O U P 5
WHO IS HE? Musician Composer
Virtuoso & Child Prodigy Music Teacher Famous man Pianist He was one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called “ The Poet of the Piano”
HIS LIFE Born March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola in Poland and died in October 17, 1849 Family of three sisters and a Polish mother, Justyna and French father, Nicolas Noted for his piano playing, but was a fine violinist too His other was his first teacher Wojciech Zywny was his first professional piano teacher
TIMELINE His first composition was at 7 yrs old. He had composed 2 polonaises and had begun to give concerts. At this young age, he is so gifted at the piano. First public performance at 8 yrs old where he gave his first piano recital. Chopin gave his first concert at the Warsaw Concert Hall. At the age of 20, he already composed many works for the piano and he moved to Paris.
Finished his formal education in 1830
TRAVELING & PLAYING Moved to Paris in 1830 where he would live for 18 years and write some of his best works In Paris, Chopin formed friendships with Franz Lizst, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, and Vincenzo Bellini Much of his life he suffered from poor health and he had to give private classes and perform in public to support himself In his new apartment, Chopin composed on his last Piano. Financially supported by his admirer, Jane Stirling
Stirling was an amateur Scottish pianist, referred to as his widow He returned to Paris in 1848, but was unable to teach or perform
He died because of tuberculosis in October 17 1848
Nearly 3,000 people attended Chopin’s funeral at the Church Of The Madeleine in Paris. By his request, Mozart’s Requiem was sung at his funeral
FAMOUS WORKS 58 mazurkas 27 etudes
20 waltzes 17 polonaises 4 ballades And a whole lot of others! Also noted as one of the first virtuosos to invent/compose the instrumental ballade
SONGS Rondo in C minor (1825 ) Ballade No.1 in G minor (1835) Nocturne in E-Flat major ( 1831)
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