Biography of Chopin

Chopin, Polish composer and pianist, was born on March 1, 1810, in the Warsaw suburb of Czarazowa Wola. His father was originally from France and his mother was Polish. He was an unusually precocious child, writing poetry at the age of six, and his musical genius soon proved that he was destined to become "the successor of Mozart". When he was nine, he played in public at a concert, and after the concert was over, he seemed more concerned with his collar than with his extraordinary virtuosity, telling his mother, "All the people are looking at my collar, Mom."

After graduating from high school, he entered the Warsaw Conservatory, where he also began his early compositional activities, and after 1830 he settled in Paris, where he spent the rest of his life. From then on Chopin was never able to return home. At that time, when the Polish national liberation movement was in full swing, the national struggle against foreign slavery and for freedom and independence had a profound impact on young Chopin's thinking, thus cultivating his national feelings and patriotic fervor.

In 1837, he refused the position of "chief pianist to His Majesty, the Emperor of Russia," which had been offered to him by the Tsarist Russians. Schumann called his music "a cannon hidden in a bush". Chopin proclaimed to the world that "Poland will not perish", which shows his patriotic heart. In his later years, he lived a lonely life, painfully calling himself a "Polish orphan far from his mother". From 1846 onwards, Chopin's creativity began to decline. The reason for this is on the one hand due to the Polish national movement of several setbacks to him a great blow; on the other hand, with the literary George Sand's love breakup and physical weakness, greatly affecting his creative enthusiasm, health deteriorating. 1849 died on October 17, 1849 in his apartment in Paris, he asked his relatives dying after the death of his heart back to his motherland date Poland.

Chopin's compositional career can be divided into two periods, the Warsaw period and the Paris period, with 1830 as the boundary. In the first period, he completed the most important works of the period, the First Piano Concerto and the Second Piano Concerto. In the second half of his life, during the Paris period, he had the heroic works "Narrative No. 1" and "Polish Dance in A-flat Major" linked with the Polish national liberation struggle, the heroic works "Revolutionary Exercises" and "Harmonies in B Minor" full of patriotic fervor, and the tragic work "Sonata in B-flat Minor" mourning the destiny of his motherland, and quite a number of fantasies and serenades.

When he went to Paris at the beginning of September 1831, he was strongly shaken by the news that the uprising had been suppressed by Tsarist Russia and Warsaw had fallen. The Exercise in C minor (also known as the Revolutionary Exercise, 1831) and the Prelude in D minor (1831) were completed at this time. The feelings of indignation and grief reached a high degree of perfect unity with the strict and refined art form, which became the masterpiece of Chopin's early music creation. The Paris period was a time of high intellectual and artistic maturity and creative heyday for Chopin. The profound national content, rich in original artistic form and musical style, made his creation reach the point of perfection. In his entire career, Chopin established a legendary honor with only thirty concerts, which is unprecedented in the history of piano playing. Chopin honored and inherited the classical tradition, but his playing was unique. Especially in his mazurkas and polonaises, his creative use of folk modes, harmonies and characteristic rhythms shows the familiarity and understanding of a true "Mazurian" of national character, style, taste and artistic language.

Chopin was one of the stars of the European music scene in the 19th century. His monumental compositions, rich in poetry, full of heart-stopping lyricism and dramatic power, represent the "Golden Age" of Romantic music. At the same time, his compositions have a strong Polish national flavor and emotional content, and occupy a very important position in the history of European music. On the one hand, he is known as the outstanding representative of European Romantic musicians, and on the other hand, he is listed in the history books as the founding father of the European national music school in the 19th century. The reason why Chopin is great is that he has closely integrated the Romantic style and patriotism into his musical works.

Compositions of Chopin:

Chopin Frédéric Francesco (1810-1849) A Polish-French composer and pianist of the Romantic period. He wrote piano-based music based on traditional Polish dance themes

Works:1. Nocturne No. 1

2. Nocturne No. 2

3. Nocturne No. 5

4. Nocturne in ascending C minor No. extra Arau

5. Nocturne in E-flat Major Horowitz

7. Rondo in E-flat Major Horowitz

8. Piano Sonata No. 2 Rubinstein

9. Nocturne OP.9-1 Fuchsin

10. Nocturne OP.32-2 Rubinstein

11. Nocturne OP.72-1 (posthumous) Rubinstein

11. Nocturne OP.72-1 (posthumous) Rubinstein <

12. Nocturne OP.72-1 (posthumous) Fu Cong

13. Fantasy Impromptu in ascending C minor Rubinstein

14. Joy Arau

15. Revolutionary Exercises No.12 Maurizio Pollini

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17.Etude in E Major (Partita) Op.12 No.3 Richter

18.Etude in E Major (Partita) Op.12 No.3 Maurizio Pollini

19.Etude No.1 OP.10 No.1 Richter

21.Nocturne No.20 In C Sharp Minor Op. posthumous Pires

22.Exercise No.2 Op.10 No.2 Richter

23.Nocturne No.8 Pires

24.Piano Sonata No.2 3rd Movement Shura. Cherkassky

25. Piano Sonata No.3, 1st movement Shura. Cherkassky

98. Piano Sonata No. 3, 2nd-4th movements Schula. Cherkassky

26. "Fantasia in F minor" Schula. Cherkassky

27.Magnificat Rachmaninoff

28.Mazurka No.1

29.Mazurka No.3

30.Polish Dance No.6, Op.53, Hero

31.Waltz No.9, Lipatti

32. Extra-Numbered Ballade No.1 Arau

33. Extra-Numbered Ballade No.2 Arau

34. Extra-Numbered Ballade No.3 Arau

35. Polish Dance in G Minor Biret

36. Polish Dance for the Army Op.40, No.1 Maurizio Pollini

37. Polish Dance in B-flat Major (out of number) Biret

38.Nocturne in B Major Op 32 No 1 La Rocha

39.Variations on Paganini's Memories Fu Cong

40.Ship's Song La Rocha

41.Polish Dance in B-flat Minor (out of number) Biret

42.Lullaby Rubinstein

43. Horowitz

43. Kissin

44. Polini

45. 46.Piano Narrative No. 2 in F major Rubinstein

47.Piano Narrative No. 3 in A-flat major Rubinstein

48.Piano Harmony No. 1 in b minor Rubinstein

49.Piano Harmony No. 2 in b-flat minor Rubinstein

50.Piano Harmony No. 4 in E major Bogolelich

51. Prelude to Raindrops Aglich

52. Five Mazurkas Michaelangeli

53. Prelude 24 of 28 Aglich

54. Prelude op 45 Aglich

55. Harmonie No. 3 in C-flat Minor Bogolelich

56. Puppy Dance Patti Lee

57.Bolero Ugorsky

58.Magnificent Variations Zieberstein

59.Piano Sonata No. 1 Zieberstein

60.Impromptu Fantasia in C Minor Yundi Lee

61.Impromptu in G-flat Major No. 3 Arau

62. Round Dance Op 69 No 2 Dinu Lipatti

63. "Nocturne Op 27 No 1" Barenboim

64. "Concert Allegro" Ashkenazy

65. "Introduction and Variations on a Teutonic Theme" Vasari

66. "Round Dance Op 64 No2 Lipatti

67. Variations on "Hexameron" by Ashkenazy

68. Piano Improvisation No. 1 in A-flat Major by Arau

69. Fantasy Polonaise by Brendel

70. Tarantella by Ugorsky

71. Prelude in G minor Op. 28, No. 7" Ivo Pogorelich

72. "Prelude in G minor Op. 28, No. 12" Ivo Pogorelich

73. "Prelude in G minor Op. 28, No. 16" Ivo Pogorelich

74. "Polish Dance in F minor" Brendel

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75.Impromptu No. 2 Claudio Arrau

76.Mazurka Op. 63 No. 2 and 63 No. 3 Harasiewicz

77.Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1 Harasiewicz

78.Springtime Corto

79.Silent Night Cortot

80.Variations on the Introduction and Moore's Theme Vladimi&Vovka Ashkenazy

81.Nocturne No. 16 Cortot

82.Nocturne No. 4 Cortot

83.Three New Etudes Cortot

84. Polini, Op. 25, No. 7

85. "Winter Wind Etude" Polini

86. "Butterfly Etude" Polini

87. "Paganini's Venetian Theme" Zieberstein

88. "Polish Dance in C Minor" Brendel

89. "Heroic Polish Dance" Corto

90. .Nocturne No. 1 Pires

91.Nocturne No. 9. Pires

92.Nocturne No. 13. Pires

93.Nocturne No. 15. Pires

94.Mazurka Op. 33, No. 4.Schula. Cherkassky

95.Nocturne Op.62 No.2. Shura. Cherkassky

96. "Don Giovanni: Let's Hold Hands" Shura. Cherkassky

97. "Nocturne" Op. 27 No. 2 Schula. Cherkassky

98.Waltz Op. 34, No. 3 Rachmaninoff

99.The Maiden's Wish Rachmaninoff

100.Piano Concerto No. 3 Kissin

101.Narrative for Piano No. 1 Michelangeli

102.Nocturne No. 5 Camille Saint-Saens

102.Nocturne No. 5 Camille Saint-Saens

102.Nocturne No. 5 Camille Saint-Saens

103.Nocturne No. 5 Camille Saint-Saens

104. Saint-Saens

103.Polish Dance Op. 53 Ignacy Jan Paderewski

104.Piano Harmonie No. 2 Horowitz

105.Five Mazurkas 2 Michelangeli

106.Nocturne Op. 37 No. 2 Novaes

107. "Nocturne" No. 8 Barenboim

108. "Nocturne" No. 20 Barenboim 109. "Ballade No. 14" No. extra Kissin

108. Idil Biret

109. "Natural Rhythms and Gorgeous Polonaises"