Fryderyk Chopin

CHOPIN,FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK (1810 Ð'ÐŽV1849)

Was a very famous composer that lived on romantic era, he was a friend of Franz liszt Ð'ÐŽV also a composer. He composed lots of compositions, many of them are very famous and priceless for classical music. Almost ChopinÐ'ÐŽÐ'¦s compositions are for piano and voices, but he also composed for orchestra and cello concertos.

BIRTH:

Ð'„Ð'Ñ- MANY DATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS THE EXACT DATE, THAT ARE MARCH 1ST, MARCH 3RD MARCH 5TH (ST. FREDERIC'S DAY), AND FEBRUARY 22ND 1810 ARE POSSIBLE DATES

Ð'„Ð'Ñ-BORN IN THE VILLAGE OF ZELAZOWA-WOLA, NEAR WARSAW, POLAND

FAMILY:

FATHER: NICOLAS CHOPIN (WORKED AS A BOOKKEEPER AND TEACHER)(1770-1844).

MOTHER: JUSTYNA (1784-1861)

SISTERS:ISABELLA (1811-1881)

LUDWIKA (1807-1855)

EMILIA (1813-1827)

ACCORDING TO THE REFERENCES, CHOPIN KNOWN AS A VERY PRODUCTIVE COMPOSER. A REFERENCE SAID THAT HE CREATES FOR ABOUT 229 COMPOSITIONS, 70 OF THEM ARE NOT PUBLISHED. BUT IN OTHER REFERENCE, CHOPIN HAD BEEN KNOWN FOR COMPOSING ABOUT 246 COMPOSITION, SEVERAL ARE LOST.

HIS COMPOSITION INCLUDING MARZURKAS, BARCAROLLE, POLONAISE, WATZES,CONSERTOS,ETUDE OR STUDIES, MARCH, IMPROMPTUS, SCHERZOS, SONATAS, NOCTURNES, BALLADS, PRELUDES, FANTASIA, BARCAROLLE, TRIOS, BOLERO, RONDO, AND SONGS.

EXAMPLE COMPOSITION OF THE FAMOUS ONES ARE:

- MINUTE WALTZ (VALSE, OP 64 NO 1)

- NOCTURNE OP. 9 NO. 2

- FANTASIA IMPROMPTU OP. 66

- POLONAISE IN A MAJOR, OPUS 40 NO. 1

- THE POLONAISE IN A FLAT, OPUS 53

- THE POLONAISE- FANTAISIE, OPUS 61

- REVOLUTIONARY ETUDE OP 10 NO 3

CAUSE OF DEATH:

CHOPIN DIED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON OCTOBER 17TH , 1849. CHOPINÐ'ÐŽÐ'¦S DOCTOR,DR. CRUVEILHIER SAID THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH ARE "TUBERCULOSIS OF THE LUNGS AND LARYNX.", OLD DISEASE WHICH HE HAD SUFFERED FOR OVER 12 YEARS AND WHICH HE PROBABLY INHERITED FROM HIS FATHER

SHORT CHRONOGRAPHICAL BIOGRAPHY

- HE BEGAN TAKING PIANO LESSONS AT AGE FOUR. HIS FIRST TEACHER IS WOJCIECH ZYWNY (1756 Ð'ÐŽV1842)

- HIS FIRST COMPOSITION WAS A POLONAISE WHICH UNPUBLISHED AND NOW ARE LOST.

- HIS FIRST PUBLISHED PIECE APPEARED WHEN HE WAS ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD,

- HE GRADUATED FROM THE LYCEUM AT AGE 17, HE WAS RECOGNISED AS A TALENTED COMPOSER AND THE LEADING PIANIST OF WARSAW.

- WHEN HE GRADUATED, HIS TEACHER JOSEF ELSNER ADMITTED HIM AS A THIRD YEAR STUDENT WHO HAS AMAZING TALENT AND A MUSICAL GENIUS.

- AFTER HE GAVE TWO SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCES AT HIS FIRST CONCERT WHEN HE WAS 19, ALL OF TICKETS WAS SOLD OUT THREE DAYS BEFORE THE CONCERT.

- HIS FIRST LOVE WAS A WOMAN NAMED CONSTANTIA BRYKA, A STUDENT IN WARSZWA MUSIC SCHOOL IN EARLY 1830.

- HIS SECOND LOVER WAS POTOZHCA

- HE MOVED TO PARIS IN 1831, IN PARIS HE WAS NOTICED AS A PIANIST, TEACHER, AND COMPOSER.

- CHOPINÐ'ÐŽÐ'¦S PRODUCTIVE TIME IS BETWEEN 1833 UNTIL