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Frédéric Chopin
Born: 1810
Died: 1849
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Frydryck Chopin
• Fryderyk Chopin was born on March 1st, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola in Poland.
• His parents were Mikolaj and JustynaChopin.
• By the age of 6 he mastered the piano.
• He practised the music of J.S. Bach daily.
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Frydryck Chopin
• His first composition was created when he was seven years old.
• His father wrote the notation out for him.
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Frydryck Chopin
• Chopin was ill most of his life
• Biggest illness was tuberculosis
• His father and sister died of tuberculosis
• Exposed to tuberculosis while they were young in Poland
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His first public appearance at a charity concert at the Blue Palace.
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• He disliked public performances and preferred to play for small groups of friends.
• He played publicly thirty times.
• He earned his income mainly by teaching.
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• At the age of thirty his health began to fail.
• He was often bedridden.
• However, he still continued to teach.
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Chopin died of tuberculosis on October 17, 1849.
He is buried at Pere Lachasise Cemetery, in Paris.
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Majority of his music was written for the
piano.
There are a total of 230 Chopin
compositions.
Chopin is one of the great masters of the
Romantic Era.
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb minor
• Composed between 1837-1839 and published in 1840
• Written while in Paris.
• One of the most famous Chopin piano pieces.
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Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
• Composed between 1830-1832 and published in 1832.
• In music, nocturne means a short composition, usually for piano.
• In art, nocturne means a picture of a night time scene.
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Ballade No 1 in G Minor, op. 23
• Composed from 1835 –1836
• Dedicated to Monsier le Baron de Stochausen.
• Inspired by the poem Konrad Wallenrod.
• The most popular of the four ballades.
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Ballade No. 3 in A flat major
• Composed in 1841
• Dedicated to Mademoisell Pauline de Noailles
• Inspired by the poem Switerzianka
• Considered the technically easiest of the four ballades.