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Frédéric Chopin

Polish-French composer and pianist
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Also known as: Frédéric François Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen(Show More)
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Secretary, British Chopin Society. Vice President, Jury of International Chopin Competitions, Warsaw, 1949–65.
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Frédéric Chopin (born March 1, 1810 [see Researcher’s Note: Chopin’s birth date], Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Duchy of Warsaw [now in Poland]—died October 17, 1849, Paris, France) was a Polish French composer and pianist of the Romantic period, best known for his solo pieces for piano and his piano concerti. Although he wrote little but piano works, many of them brief, Chopin ranks as one of music’s greatest tone poets by reason of his superfine...

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