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(b. Zelazowa Wola, ?1 March 1810; d. Paris,17 Oct 1849).
Polish composer. The son of French emigre father (a schoolteacher working in Poland) and a cultured Polish mother, he grew up in Warsaw, taking childhood music lessons (in Bach and the Viennese Classics) from Wojciech Zywny and J?ósef Elsner before entering the Conservatory (1826-9). By this time he had performed in local salons and composed several rondos, polonaises and mazurkas. Public and critical acclaim increased during the years 1829-30 when he gave concerts in Vienna and Warsaw, but his despair over the political repression in Poland, coupled with his musical ambitions, led him to move to Paris in 1831. There, with practical help from Kalkbrenner and Pleyel, praise from Liszt, Fetis and Schumann and introductions into the highest society, he quickly established himself as a private teacher and salon performer, his legendary artist's image being enhanced by frail health (he had tuberculosis), attractive looks, sensitive playing, a courteous manner and the piquancy attaching to self-exile.
Of his several romantic affairs, the most talked about was that with the novelist George Sand (Aurore Dudevant) - though whether he was truly drawn to women must remain in doubt. Between 1838 and 1847 their relationship, with a strong element of the maternal on her side, coincided with one of his most productive creative periods. He gave few public concerts, though his playing was much praised, and he published much of his best music simultaneously in Paris, London and Leipzig. The breach with Sand was followed by a rapid deterioration in his health and a long visit to Britain (1848). His funeral at the Madeleine was attended by nearly 3000 people.
No great composer has devoted himself as exclusively to the piano as Chopin. By all accounts an inspired improviser, he composed while playing, writing down his thoughts only with difficulty. But he was no mere dreamer - his development can be seen as an ever more sophisticated improvisation on the classical principle of departure and return. For the concert-giving years 1828-32 he wrote brilliant virtuoso pieces (e.g. rondos) and music for piano and orchestra; the teaching side of his career is represented by the studies, preludes, nocturnes, waltzes, impromptus and mazurkas, polished pieces of moderate difficulty. The large-scale works - the later polonaises, scherzos, ballades, sonatas, the Barcarolle and the dramatic Polonaise-fantaisie - he wrote for himself and a small circle of admirers. Apart from the national feeling in the Polish dances, and possibly some narrative background to the ballades, he intended notably few references to literary, pictorial or autobiographical ideas.
Chopin is admired above all for his great originality in exploiting the piano. While his own playing style was famous for its subtlety and restraint, its exquisite delicacy in contrast with the spectacular feats of pianism then reigning in

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   Chopin Frederic A Chopin Recital (special order)
7846 slve/rec:vg++ vg++ guiomar novaes on piano usa press yr: style: classic.		 LP 1 listed $13
   Chopin Frederic Adam Harasiewicz Spielt (special order) LP 1 listed $216
   Chopin Frederic Allegro Da Conc Op.46 / Nebols (special order)
2894409352 chopin frederic: allegro da conc op.46 / nebolsin eldar barcode: 2894409352.		 CD 1 listed $43
   Chopin Frederic Andante Spianato Et Grande Pol (special order)
7840 slve/rec:vg++ vg++ dang thai son 1st price warschaw yr: 1981 style: classic.		 LP 1 listed $8
   Chopin Frederic Arthur Rubinstein/piano Concer (special order) LP 1 listed $83
   Frederic Chopin A Portrait - Concerto Pour Pia
CD 1 listed $96
   Frederic Chopin Aimez - Vous Chopin ? Ashkenaz
CD 1 listed $109
   Frederic Chopin Arrangements Pour Violon Et Pi
CD 1 listed $100
   Frederic Chopin (compo A Chopin Songbook [import]
year: 2005; label: eloquence . 		CD 1 listed $16
   Frederic Chopin (compo Abbey Simon Plays Chopin, Vol.
year: 1992; label: vox (classical) . 		  2 listed $12 - $41
   Frederic Chopin (compo Adam Harasiewicz Plays Frédéri
year: 1995; label: koch discover int'l; tracks: 1. son no.2, in b flat, op.35: la premiere partie; 2. son no.2, in b flat, op.35: scherzo; 3. son no.2, in b flat, op.35: marche funebre; 4. son no.2. 		CD 1 listed $49
   Frederic Chopin (compo Alexander Paley Plays Chopin [
year: 2007; label: hanssler classics . 		  2 listed $20 - $41
   Frederic Chopin (compo Alexi Skavronsky Plays Chopin
CD 1 listed $43
   Frederic Chopin (compo Alfred Cortot - Chopin 24 Prel
year: 1993; label: laudis / suite . 		CD 1 listed $18
   Frederic Chopin (compo Andrei Gavrilov Performs Chopi
CD 1 listed $20
   Frederic Chopin (compo Andrew Rangell Performs Freder
CD 1 listed $47
   Frederic Chopin (compo Anna Malikova Plays Fredric Ch
year: 1991; label: art & electronics . 		CD 1 listed $10
   Frederic Chopin (compo Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin 19
year: 2000; label: rca . 		  3 listed $25 - $28
   Frederic Chopin (compo Artur Rubinstein: Selections F
year: 1990; label: rca; tracks: 1. polonaise in a, op.40, no.1; 2. nocturne in e-flat, op. 9, no. 2; 3. waltz in a-flat, op. 34, no. 1; 4. waltz in c-sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2; 5. waltz in d-flat, o.		   8 listed $9 - $39
   Frederic Chopin (compo Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
year: 1994; label: ermitage . 		CD 1 listed $41
   Frederic Chopin (compo Auer Plays Chopin: 19 Waltzes
year: 2000; label: camerata; tracks: 1. waltz no.2 in a flat, op.34-1; 2. waltz no.13 in d flat, op.70-3; 3. waltz no.11 in g flat, op.70-1; 4. waltz no.10 in b, op.69-2; 5. waltz no.1 in e flat, op.		 CD 1 listed $49
   Frederic Chopin (compo A Chopin Weekend
year: 2005; label: deutsche grammophon; tracks: 1. polonaise no.3 in a, op.40 no.1 - military - allegro con brio; 2. polonaise no.6 in a flat, op.53 -heroic - maestoso; 3. nocturne no.2 in e flat, op.		   2 listed $8 - $10
   Frederic Chopin (compo A Concert Tour
year: 2005; label: chesky records; tracks: 1. peer gynt suite no. 1; 2. norwegian dance no. 2; 3. poet and peasant overture; 4. invitation to the dance; 5. tritsch-tratsch polka; 6. les sylphides; 7.		 CD 1 listed $11
   Frederic Chopin (compo A Horowitz Recital
year: 2001; label: classica d'oro . 		CD 1 listed $11
   Frederic Chopin (compo Afternoon Tea
year: 2004; label: st. clair records . 		CD 1 listed $11
   Frederic Chopin (compo Alexander Brailowsky
year: 1997; label: enterprise; tracks: 1. con for pno & orch no.1 in e, op.11: l. allegro maestoso; 2. con for pno & orch no.1 in e, op.11: ll. larghetto; 3. con for pno & orch no.1 in e. 		CD 1 listed $95
   Frederic Chopin (compo Alfred Cortot: The Late Record
year: 2007; label: apr uk . 		  6 listed $18 - $222
   Frederic Chopin (compo Allen Barton: Ii
year: 1998; label: allen barton . 		  2 listed $24 - $32
   Frederic Chopin (compo Amsterdam Guitar Trio : Debuss
year: 1990; label: rca . 		CD 1 listed $11
   Frederic Chopin (compo An Eastman Recital
year: 2005; label: fleur de son . 		CD 1 listed $15
   Frederic Chopin (compo An Hour With Chopin [import]
year: 2008; label: sony bmg europe . 		CD 1 listed $14
   Frederic Chopin (compo Andree Juliette Brun, Pianist
year: 2005; label: eroica classical . 		CD 1 listed $18
   Frederic Chopin (compo Andrei Gavrilov Plays Chopin
year: 2000; label: the orchard; tracks: 1. grave - doppio movimento (6:22) 6:21; 2. scherzo (5:53) 5:53; 3. marche funèbre (8:03) 8:02; 4. finale presto (1:32) 1:32; 5. ballad i g-minor op.23 (7:56. 		CD 1 listed $29
   Frederic Chopin (compo Apollo Classics: Chopin
year: 1996; label: gemini collection . 		CD 1 listed $61
   Frederic Chopin (compo Arabesque: A Journey Into Harp
year: 2004; label: fim [1st impression] . 		CD 1 listed $43
   Frederic Chopin (compo Art Of The Mazurka [import]
year: 2000; label: arion . 		  2 listed $14 - $16
   Frederic Chopin (compo Arthur Rubinstein In His Golde
year: 2001; label: iron needle records . 		  3 listed $15 - $80
   Frederic Chopin (compo Artur Rubinstein : Chopin Pian
  3 listed $14 - $58
   Frederic Chopin (compo Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
year: 1996; label: testament uk . 		  4 listed $25 - $48
   Frederic Chopin (compo Ashkenazy Plays Chopin [import
year: 2006; label: urania . 		CD 1 listed $22
   Frederic Chopin (compo Audio Archive Classics: Chopin
year: 2005; label: legacy . 		CD 1 listed $16
   Frederic Chopin, claud Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli:
CD 1 listed $14
 A Collection Of Thirty-three F listings Frederic Chopin: Album A Collection Of Thirty-three F (special order)
chopin, frederic (artist) (1-) ballade no 3 op 47 [chopin, frederic] pages :212. G Schirmer 		Sheet 1 listed $26
 An Authoritative Urtext Editio listings Frederic Chopin: Noctu An Authoritative Urtext Editio (special order)
chopin, frederic (composer);zimmermann, ewald (editor) (1-) nocturne in a flat op.32 no.2 (2-) nocturne in b flat minor op.9 no.1 (3-) nocturne in b op.32 no.1 (4-) no. Henle Verlag 		Sheet 1 listed $37
   Frederic Chopin: Noctu Along With His Numerous Mazurk (special order)
chopin, frederic (composer) pages :36. ABRSM Publishing 		Sheet 1 listed $25
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