Frederic Chopin

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Either Chopin Prelude Opus 28 #16 (Hades) or Chopin Prelude Opus 28 #24 (The Storm).

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he attended Saint Petersburg Conservatory.

He never married

Chopin's means were always pretty modest. His father was a schoolteacher and ran a boarding house out of their home, mostly for sons of Polish lords and wealthy landowners. The family was comfortable enough and housed in a palace (one of the perks of the job) but they were not well-off by any means, and they struggled to send Fryderyk abroad to further his career.

His father supported him until he was able to get a full studio of students in Paris. He charged a great deal more than the average piano teacher and made a decent living, but since he was reliant on the aristocracy (mostly the ladies) to fund his expensive lessons, he was obliged to spend a good bit of money to present a lifestyle of a certain degree of luxury.

One might say this was a habit of his childhood, since his father did the same. Nicolas Chopin wrote to his son on 7 September 1834, 3 years after his arrival in Paris: "So now you are settled with your own furniture, and indeed not without some little luxury, if I may say so. But I quite understand that you had to have it since you give your lessons at home, and now, as always, people judge by appearances." Franz Liszt wrote to Marie d'Agoult on the 13th: "Chopin is quite sad; the furniture was a bit more expensive than he thought, and and so we have perhaps a month of melancholy and grief. It is deplorable."

Liszt himself was able to make a better living than Chopin because he performed often, and indeed, when Chopin was able to put on a concert, even one, it could set his finances straight for months.

Another social expectation for high-class city people was that they leave the city and spend the summer months in the countryside. This was true in Warsaw and in Paris, and since Nicolas Chopin was a teacher he had no problem pulling this off. The Chopins often spent the summer months at Żelazowa Wola, where Chopin was born, as guests of the Skarbek family, but sometimes Fryderyk was invited to spend the summer with one of his schoolmates. Either way it was not too much expense for the family.

Fryderyk had a similar arrangement with George Sand during the course of their relationship; he did not have to pay rent at Nohant, her country home (Sand referred to him as her guest) or contribute much to the expenses. However, these summer vacations did mean that Chopin was required to save money during the winter in order to spend the summer months in the country where he could not earn any money (but still had to pay rent on his apartment in Paris).

He charged 20 francs per lesson, 30 if he had to do the lesson outside his home. I have not done a thorough study of this, but it appears as though he gave an average of 2-3 lessons per day during the week. I have also not studied rents, but his last place of residence was probably the most expensive at 400 francs per month (of which he only paid 200). He and George Sand found a country house on Majorca for 50 francs per month, and they rented their rooms at the monastery of Valldemosa for 35 francs per year (not that they stayed so long), but the cost of living was much lower there.

Chopin was also able to sell his compositions to publishers for several hundred francs each. The price varied depending on who he was selling to and how many countries they were buying for. Sometimes he could get around 2,000 francs for one work, sold to 2-3 different publishing houses. (Usually 3: French, English, and German/Austrian.) In the later years he could also earn close to 10,000 francs for putting on one concert, but those were quite rare.

It is difficult to find evidence of this in the primary sources, but Chopin was also able to earn money playing for private salons. On the surface, it appears as though he was merely an invited guest who played for the pleasure of his friends, but apparently it was common practice for the host to leave money for the musicians in some discreet place. Chopin was comfortable enough that he could choose his hosts well and sparingly, which added to his mystique: everyone wanted to hear him play but few had the pleasure, and it was often the same people over and over again who were able to hear him play at these soirées.

At the end of his life, when he was no longer able to give lessons or concerts, he was quite destitute and had to depend on the charity of friends to stay afloat. His father had always advised him to put aside "une poire pour la soif" ("a pear for the thirst", meaning a rainy-day fund), but he was never quite able to manage it.

Because, despite his father being French, he was born and grew up in Poland, which to him was his homeland. Poles wanted him to come back to Poland at least after his death, so his heart was buried on Wawel.

Frédéric Chopin's composing methods were characterized by a deep emotional expression and intricate piano techniques. He often composed directly at the piano, allowing his improvisational skills to shape his works. Chopin frequently used variations in tempo and dynamics to enhance mood and expressiveness, and he meticulously crafted his pieces, revising them multiple times before finalizing. His unique blend of Polish folk elements with classical structures also defined his distinctive style.

His full name is Chopin Ferari Mitalumpa

Frederic Francois Chopin, christened Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin

Tyrone Power never played Chopin. You are thinking of Cornel Wilde in "A Song to Remember."

Um, not too sure in what sense you mean this question. He was not employed by anyone and had no skill or trade other than the gift of music.

If you mean where did he carry out his work as a composer, then the answer is varied. Composition took place mostly wherever he was living at the time; Warsaw, Vienna and Paris to name a few, but notable places of composition include the monastery of Valdemosa, on the Balearic island of Palma di Mallorca, where he stayed for the benefit of his health, but the weather during his time there was so abysmal that it actually made his health worse and had to return to France, where he settled for several years at the home of his friend and patron, the authoress Georges Sand, aka madame Aurore Dudevant, in Nohant. It was here, in the relaxed, quiet and comfortable surrounds that his most prolific writing took place.

Chopin composed 26 finished Preludes for solo piano and one was left unfinished.

Chopin wrote 24 Preludes for solo piano, Op.28. One in each key corresponding to the circle of 5th's; no doubt, an homage to Bach's "Well Tempered Clavier", a collection of two books containing preludes and fugues in all modulations.

Chopin also composed a 25th prelude, Opus45 in C# Minor and a 26th prelude WoO in A-flat Major. The latter being elementary in composition.

Recently, a fragment was found of a Chopin prelude in the unusual key of E-flat Minor.

Himself ;)

Miss Nathalie
Mr. Harvy
Mr. Brantain

The Piano.

Love can conquer all fears.

Chopin.

Frederic Mompou died on June 30, 1987, in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain of natural causes.

At the Cadian Ball is a novel written by Kate Chopin. The novel takes place in the United States in the state of Louisiana. The book was written in the year 1892.

Chopin found out that Fantasie Impromptu sounds like Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Movement #3. Chopin didn't actually think Fantasie Impromptu is a boring song.