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Frédéric Chopin
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Definition:a musical composer, born near Warsaw, of Polish origin; his genius for music early developed itself; distinguished himself as a pianist first at Vienna and then in Paris, where he introduced the mazurkas; became the idol of the salons; visited England twice, in 1837 and 1848, and performed to admiration in London and three of the principal cities; died of consumption in Paris; he suffered much from great depression of spirits (1809-1849).Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopedia (1907)
daguerreotype: By Louis-Auguste Bisson, very old and poor copy, completely restored and remastered by Amano1 - Ernst Burger: Frédéric Chopin. München 1990, S. 323, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113046music sample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chopin_Prelude_Op_28_N_15_Giorgi_Latsabidze_performs.oggperformed by Giorgi Latso, public domain
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“Chopin, Nocturne in D-flat. Do you know how Schumann described Chopin’s music?”
“No.” Rudolph wished Boylan would just play and stop talking. He enjoyed the music.
“A cannon smothered in flowers,”
Irwin Shaw. Rich Man, Poor Man (1959)
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Elizabeth: Emmet plays beautifully.
Hyacinth: Yes he does, doesn't he? I do love Mendelsohn.
Elizabeth: It's Chopin, I think.
Hyacinth: Oh yes, of course, Chopin. Some fool walking past said it was Mendelsohn. [...]
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: Driving Mrs. Fortescue (1991)
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And when the night club crowd would get up and dance to her blues, and Bricktop would yell, "Hey! Hey!" Oceola felt as happy as if she were performing a Chopin étude for the nicely gloved Oh's and Ah-ers in a Crillon salon.
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When he had finished the Liszt Intermezzo and had begun a Prelude by Chopin, Mme. de Cambremer turned to Mme. de Franquetot with a tender smile, full of intimate reminiscence, as well as of satisfaction (that of a competent judge) with the performance.Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1]
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"That's lovely," she said. What is it?"
“Well, I don’t know. I think it’s Chopin. If I could just see the music!”
He told her how he had lost his sight, and he had never told anyone else.
John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.243 (1952)
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