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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (22 February or 1 March 1810 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano". Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. His mother was Polish, and his father was a French immigrant to Poland. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his musical education there. Following the Russian suppression of the Polish November 1830 Uprising, he settled in Paris as part of the Great Emigration and never returned to his homeland. From 1837 to 1847 he carried on a relationship with the French writer Amantine Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, who wrote under the male pseudonym "George Sand". For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health, he died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39. The vast majority of Chopin's works are for solo piano, though he also wrote two piano concertos, a fewchamber pieces and some songs to Polish texts. His piano works are often technically demanding, with an emphasis on nuance and expressive depth. Chopin invented the instrumental ballade and made major innovations to the piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, tude, impromptu, scherzoand pr lude. Playlist: Op. 6, No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 6, No. 2 in C sharp minor Op. 6, No. 3 in E major Vivace Op. 6, No. 4 in E flat minor Presto Ma Non Troppo Op. 7, No. 1 in B flat major Vivace Op. 7, No. 2 in A minor Vivo Ma Non Troppo Op. 7, No. 3 in F minor Op. 7, No. 4 in A flat major Presto Ma Non Troppo Op. 7, No. 5 in C major Vivo Op. 17, No. 1 in B flat major Vivo E Risoluto Op. 17, No. 2 in E minor Lento Ma Non Troppo Op. 17, No. 3 in A flat major Legato Assai Op. 17, No. 4 in A minor Lento Ma Non Troppo Op. 24, No. 1 in G minor Lento Op. 24, No. 2 in C major Allegro Non Troppo Op. 24, No. 3 in A flat major Moderato Op. 24, No. 4 in B flat minor Moderato Op. 30, No. 1 in C minor Allegretto Non Tanto Op. 30, No. 2 in B minor Vivace Op. 30, No. 3 in D flat major Allegro Non Troppo Op. 30, No. 4 in C sharp minor Allegretto Op. 33, No. 1 in G sharp minor Mesto Op. 33, No. 2 in D major Vivace Op. 33, No. 3 in C major Semplice Op. 33, No. 4 in B minor Op. 41, No. 1 in E minor Andantino Op. 41, No. 2 in B major Animato Op. 41, No. 3 in A flat major Allegretto Op. 41, No. 4 in C sharp minor Maestoso Op. 50, No. 1 in G major Vivace Op. 50, No. 2 in A flat major Allegretto Op. 50, No. 3 in C sharp minor Moderato Op. 56, No. 1 in B major Allegro non tanto Op. 56, No. 2 in C major Vivace Op. 56, No. 3 in C minor Moderato Op. 59, No. 1 in A minor Moderato Op. 59, No. 2 in A flat major Allegretto Op. 59, No. 3 in F sharp minor Vivace Op. 63, No. 1 in B major Vivace Op. 63, No. 2 in F minor Lento Op. 63, No. 3 in C sharp minor Allegretto Op. 67, No. 1 in G major Vivace Op. 67, No. 2 in G minor Cantabile Op. 67, No. 3 in C major Allegretto Op. 67, No. 4 in A minor Allegretto Op. 68, No. 1 in C major Vivace Op. 68, No. 2 in A minor Lento Op. 68, No. 3 in F major Allegro ma non troppo Op. 68, No. 4 in F minor Andantino A minor 'a son ami Emile Gaillard' Allegretto A minor 'notre temps' Allegretto B flat major G major Op. posth in A flat major Op. posth in C major Op. posth in B flat major Op. posth in D major Function Features: Support Start Play Support Continuous Play Support Random Play Support Background Play Support Timing stop play Support Setting timer's time Share with your friends by Email Support iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
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