Frederic Chopin

He wrote a group of minuets in Op. 64, one of them was the Minute Waltz (No. 1), which is quite famous. He also wrote a ton of preludes in Op. 20, especially the C Minor one, which is also a major study among piano students. polonaises, mazurkas, dances, waltzes. Chopin wrote a lot of those to.

I would say that it is probably the easiest of the polonaises and its repetition makes it easier to learn. It is the one I learned first but it is by no means easy to play well. The first four polonaises, being opus 26 no. 1 and 2 and opus 40 no. 1 and 2, do not contain any severe technical hurdles and should be manageable by a post grade 8 pianist. All the others are impossible to anyone but the most talented of piano players.

The story focuses on a man named Clay (Christensen) who is in love with a woman named Sam (Alba) but is unwilling to tell his mother of their relationship. We later find out this is due to Sam being his mother's personal assistant. Clay suffers from a heart condition which requires a heart transplant to be carried out by a doctor who previously saved his life and is now his good friend. However during the surgery he encounters "anesthetic awareness" and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed. To escape the pain, Clay has an out of body experience and uncovers some sinister plots. Meanwhile Sam must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them.

Chopin wrote 21 nocturnes.

I'm not sure what the question is, but I will try to guess what you mean:

The Polonaise in A-flat Major Opus 53 is one of Chopin's most famous works. Notice that it's just a Polonaise, not a Polonaise-Fantasy. You may be looking for the Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Opus 61; in which case I cannot help you.

This polonaise though, nicknamed the "Heroic Polonaise", was written in a somewhat freer manner than most Polonaises. But nonetheless it is one of the most popular Chopin pieces to date and is still widely played by amateurs and professionals alike (an example of the former being yours truly). The piece is difficult to play at best; a notable example being the b-flat melodic minor ascension scale, which trips me up at least. I can't speak for others. Then we have the E-major section in the middle where the left hand plays on octaves; in a word: the weakling's nightmare. I don't mean offense to anyone; but if your left hand isn't strong enough, you can forget about playing this song unless you have the dedication to keep working at it until you can play the section with appropriate quality (I still can't, so please don't call me a hypocrite....I'm just warning you beforehand, it's a very difficult thing to play).

Also, one must be careful to apply just enough rubato and not too much/too little to the song; in my opinion, Rafal Blechacz plays the song with just enough rubato, and Horowitz is an example of too little (though I'm sure I'm going to get flamed for this. PLEASE don't start screaming at me. I like Horowitz's playing too; I just think he could have used oh-so-slightly more rubato in his interpretation). Then if you look at some others, they use too much (I believe it was a Japanese person who did so in the International Chopin Competition).

Enough about rubato; the last thing to mention is persistence. Since I am a piano noob, it took me two years to get this song to the point where it is actually playable; I still have not mastered the middle E-major section on octaves and cannot play the song through without mistakes. I suspect you are not such a noob as I am; and so you will have much less difficulty.

Good luck!

He mainly made music for the piano and he did write some music for the flute. He also wrote music for the drums also and one more was the saxophone. I think that's how you spell it! :)

I'm most familiar that Fredric Chopin played the Piano.

No. He was once betrothed, but the relationship never developed further due to some meddling by the girl's mother who felt that Chopin's increasingly poor health made him 'unsuitable' for marriage to her daughter.

Chopin had a teenage infatuation with a couple of girls that he was too shy to progress and finally he had a relationship with the French Novelist Aurore Dudevant (nom-de-plume Georges Sand). This relationship had a basis of love and mutual artistic admiration and lasted for many years, but they never married.

Aurore is to be thanked for providing the peace, tranquility and means that allowed Chopin to create many of his finest masterpieces - without whose support these may never have been composed.

Sadly the relationship gradually fell apart, for complex reasons, a few years before he died. It could be said the anguish of this parting may have hastened Chopin's deteriorating health as the support and means that she had provided were no longer available to Chopin.

I believe that he wrote it for his country and for the things he saw around him. Musicians take what they have in their environment and they use it as a means of inspiration. When listening to his piano music, I have realized that the wide range of emotions he uses really taps into your soul and it's something that you could relate to. He might have possibly been commissioned on some pieces of music but, you know, that doesn't really matter.

Chopin died in Paris, France of complications from tuberculosis.

Chopin was a Polish composer who lived most of his life in France. He was born more than 50 years after the end of the Baroque era.

He composed classical music almost exclusively for the piano. Chopin's style was Romantic. But the type of music he composed in was classical, as opposed to jazz or rock 'n roll, for instance.

Chopin wrote 27 etudes; two sets of 12 (op.10 and op.25) and "Three New Etudes."

Chopin was born on March 1, 1810 and died on October 17, 1849. He lived for 39 years. He died of tuberculosis, which he had suffered with from his late teens.

3 part song form (C# minor), with trio (Db major)

1. Nocturnes no. 2, 8, and 20

2. Preludes no. 4 and 15

3. etudes op. 10 no. 3 and 12 and op.25 no.11

4. funeral march from sonata no.2

5. Scherzo no.2

6. ballade no.1

7. Polonaises no. 3 and 6

8. Barcarolle Op. 60, B. 158

9. waltz no.1

10. Fantasie in F minor Op.49

11. Fantasie Impromptu

Apparently, in this prelude Chopin was trying to evoke the sound of drumming rain. The soft opening leads into a second, very dramatic section which sounds like a violent storm; this then recedes back to the gentle drumming of rain like in the first section. The repeated Ab in the left hand supposedly evokes pattering raindrops.

"A Respectable Woman" is a short story by Kate Chopin. The protagonist is Mrs.Baroda who lives with her husband in a rich plantation in the early 20th century. The problems start when her husband invite his friend Governail , whom she develops feelings for, especially when she feels the desire to touch his face and lips, yet she controls those emtions because she believes she is a respectful woman.( her husbdan never knows of her wishes)

The typical piano today has 88 keys. In Mozart's time some had fewer keys as the piano was really being developed overt that time period.

A waltz, by definition, is in triple meter.

The correct answer is 20.

I'm awaiting permission from another website (which I am a contributing member) to post an essay and list of works.

Frederic Chopin wrote in the Romantic period of music, and led it into popularity.

He was in love with a girl ;D