Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric Chopin  (1810–1849)
	Alternative names	Fryderyk Chopin
	Description	Polish composer, pianist, music educator, virtuoso, musician and pedagogue
	Date of birth/death	1 March 1810	17 October 1849
	Location of birth/death	Żelazowa Wola	Paris
	Work period	1817 –
	Work location	Paris
	Authority file	: Q1268 VIAF: 71319254 ISNI: 0000000121385649 LCCN: n79127769 NAID: 25341204 NLA: 36588280 MusicBrainz: 09ff1fe8-d61c-4b98-bb82-18487c74d7b7 Open Library: OL128112A DBNL: chop003 Oxford Dict.: 52424 GND: 118520539 SELIBR: 181559 SUDOC: 02728591X BNF: 13892469c NDL: 00435950 BIBSYS: 90063786 NKC: jn19992000131 SBN: CFIV025015 RSL: 000003557 BNE: XX1001710 CiNii: DA02483346 NLP: a0000001178490 KulturNav: 4ec3f665-393c-47cd-ab36-429901dd9e59 J9U: 987007259626305171 Koninklijke: 06962173X Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa19890/frederic-chopin NLK: KAC199605021 WorldCat

creator QS:P170,Q1268

Portraits

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  Photograph by Louis-Auguste Bisson, 1849
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  First Photograph of Chopin, ca. 1846
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  First Photograph of Chopin (digitally restored), ca. 1846
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  Portrait by Eugène Delacroix, 1838
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  Portrait by Eugène Delacroix, 1838
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  Stylized rendition of joint portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand by Eugène Delacroix
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  Portrait by Ary Scheffer (1810-1849)
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  Portrait by Maria Wodzińska, 1835
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  Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1847
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  Portrait
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  Painting by Charles Louis Gratia
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  Portrait by Albert Graefle
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  Portrait by Jan Ciągliński, 1909
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  Portrait by Lorenz Vogel
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  Louis August Bisson, 1849
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  P. Schick, 1873
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  1907 Portrait
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  Portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1847
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  Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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  Illustration George Sand in pencil, 1841
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  Jakob Götzenberger "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1838
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  Jakob Götzenberger "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1838
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  Frederic Chopin at age 23
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  Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1847
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  "The Young Chopin" - drawing by unknown hand around 1829/1830
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  August Kneisel, 1830
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  1880 Portrait
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  E. H. Schroeder
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  Luigi Calamatta "Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin", 1838
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  Nicolas Eustache Maurin "Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin", 1845
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  Antoni Kolberg
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  Frédéric Chopin from a drawing from life by Anthony Kolberg (1815-1882)
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  Teofil Kwiatkowski "Fryderyk Chopin on his Deathbed", 1849
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  Eliza Radziwiłłówna "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1826
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  Pauline Viardot "Fryderyk Chopin Reading and Maurice Sand Writing", 1841
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  Frédéric Chopin' Death Mask - Created by Auguste Clésinger October 17th, 1849 at Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
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  Frédéric Chopin' Death Mask - Created by Auguste Clésinger October 17th, 1849

Monuments

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  Henri Rousseau: Chopin monument in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1909
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  Fryderyk Chopin's monument in the South Park in Wrocław
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  Statue of Chopin - Łazienki Park, Warsaw
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  Frédéric Chopin (Polish composer) memorial, 2005 desig. by Bronisław Chromy, Decjusza Park
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  Chopin's sculpture at Singapore Botanic Gardens
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  Sculpture of Frederic Chopin near Bronikowski's Palace in Żychlin, designed by sculptor Marcin Mielczarek
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  Monument in front of Frédéric Chopin Music School in Gödöllő
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  Monument of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, sculptored by Józef Gosławski. Designed in 1955, unveiled in 1969.
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  Chopin Monument, Swiss Garden, Vienna
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  Statue of Frédéric Chopin in the Parc Monceau, Paris sculpted by Jacques Froment Thomas
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  View East on Chopin Memorial 'Chopinův kámen' 1960 by Karl Otáhal
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  Monument of Fryderyk Chopin in the City Park at Lake Żnińskim Mały, by the sculptor Jakub Juszczyk. The work was brought in 1963 from Marcinkow Górny to the 700th anniversary of the city.
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  Park Południowy
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  Statue in Ustka, Poland
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  Chopin Monument, Zhongshan Gongyuan, Shanghai
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  Statue of Fryderyk Chopin in Duszniki-Zdrój
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  Monument in Słupsk, Poland
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  Monument to Chopin on Red Beach
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  Frédéric Chopin memorial in Szafarnia
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  Bust of Chopin presented by the Polish embassy to the municipality of Culemborg
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  Frédéric Chopin memorial in Valldemossa
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  Wooden bust of the composer Frédéric Chopin, 1918. Height ca. 42 cm.
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  Frederic Chopin - Jardin du Luxembourg
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  Frederic Chopin, Plaça Frederic Chopin
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  Fryderyk Chopin monument in the Jordan Park in Krakow
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  Federico Chopin (1930). Work of the Italian sculptor Pedro Juan Ferrari (1884 - 1970) Inaugurated in the Chacabuco Park on September 22, 1944.
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  Fryderyk Chopin's monument in Poznan
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  Fryderyk Chopin monument in Tirana
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  Bust in Berlin-Mitte

Plaques

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  in Praha
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  in Vienna
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  12 place Vendôme in Paris
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  12 place Vendôme in Paris
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  in London
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  Epitaph for heart of Frédéric Chopin in Holy Cross Church in Warsaw (sculptor - Leonard Marconi).
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  Mariánské Lázně - Hlavní třída - View West on Chopin Memorial
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  Monument of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, sculptured by Józef Gosławski. Designed in 1955, unveiled in 1969.

Gallery

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  Teofil Kwiatkowski "Last moments of Frédéric Chopin"
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  Teofil Kwiatkowski "Chopin's Polonaise - a Ball in Hôtel Lambert in Paris", 1859
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  Polonez Szopena by Teofil Kwiatkowski
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  Announcement of the funeral of Frédéric Chopin
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  George Sand (1864)
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  Valldemossa, museum entrance Frédéric Chopin Museum and George Sand
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  Frédéric Chopin Museum in Valldemossa
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  Piano of Chopin in the museum of Valldemossa
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  Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Poland
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  Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James at 12 place Vendôme in Paris. In this house Chopin died in 1849
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  Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James at 12 place Vendôme in Paris. In this house Chopin died in 1849
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  Frédéric Chopin Music School. - #6 Ady Endre Promenad, Alsópark, Gödöllő, Pest County, Hungary.
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  MS Frédéric Chopin
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  Warsaw Chopin Airport Terminal
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  Frederic Chopin Theatre in Duszniki-Zdrój
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  Conservatoire du 15ème @ Paris
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  Rue du Sergent Blandan, Nancy.

Grave

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  Chopin's gravesite at Père Lachaise, Paris. Euterpe sculpted by Auguste Clésinger.
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  The tomb of Luigi Cherubini and Frederic Chopin (white sculpture)

Signatures

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  Autographed partiture by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin of his Polonaise Op. 53 in A flat major for piano, 1842.
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  Chopin's Autograph musical quotation signed, Op 53, 1845-05-25, Paris
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  Autograph signature of the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin
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  Chopin’s signature

Scores

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  Preludio para piano nº 1 en do mayor Op. 28
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  Trois nouvelles études n° 1 F minor, fa mineur
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  Beginning of Ballade Nr.1 of Frédéric Chopin - manuscript
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  Autograph partiture by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin for his Trio Op. 8 for piano, violin and cello in G minor, written down in 1829
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  Autograph page of Prelude Op. 28, No. 15 by Fryderyk Chopin.
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  Erste Takte aus Frederic Chopins Nocturne Opus 9, No. 1
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  Prélude op. 29 Nr 23 F Chopins original handrwiting
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  First page of Chopin's Valse in A flat major, Op. 32, published by Wessel & Co. in 1840.
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  Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2.
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  Chopin's Autograph of his Prelude 26 in A major

Music

• Ballades
  • Ballade in A flat major Op. 47, performed by Martha Goldstein
  • Ballade No. 1 in G minor, op. 23
• Cello sonatas
  • Cello Sonata, Opus 65, 1st movement
  • Cello Sonata, Opus 65, 2nd movement
  • Cello Sonata, Opus 65, 3rd movement
• Concertos
  • Concerto 2 in F minor, 1st movement, Nico Snel conducts the Seattle Philharmonic
  • Concerto 2 in F minor, 2nd movement, Nico Snel conducts the Seattle Philharmonic
  • Concerto 2 in F minor, 3rd movement, Nico Snel conducts the Seattle Philharmonic
• Études (Chopin)
• Mazurkas
  • Opus 17, No. 4: in a minor, performed by Giorgi Latsabidze
  • Opus 33, No. 2: Mazurka No. 23, in D major, performed by Lubka Kolessa
• Nocturnes
  • Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2, performed by Martha Goldstein
  • Op. 37 No. 1: Nocturne, G minor
  • Op. 27 no. 20: Nocturne, Performed by Gabriele Piccinnu
• Polonaises
  • Polonaise No.6 in A-flat Major op.53, performed by Kristian Cvetkovic
  • Latsabidze plays Chopin's Polonaise Op.53
• Sonatas
  • Funeral March, B-flat minor (1826) from Sonata no. 2 (listen)
• Valses
  • Valse in D-flat major "Minute Waltz" - Op. 64 No. 1, performed by Muriel Nguyen Xuan
  • Valse in E flat major, Op. 18, performed by Olga Gurevich

• • Waltz, performed by Veronica van der Knaap
• Others
  • Op. 57: Berceuse, D- flat major, performed by Veronica van der Knaap
  • Andante Spianato & Grand Polonaise Brillante Op. 22, performed by Debbie Hu
  • Fantaisie-Impromptu Op. 66, performed by Martha Goldstein
  • Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor - Op. 66, performed by Muriel Nguyen Xuan
  • Opus 74/1, Zyczenie, "The Maiden's Wish", performed by Bryan E. Young

MIDIs

• Nocturne, E mineur (1828-1830) (listen)
• Op. 9 No. 1: Bar 1 to 5 from Nocturne, B mineur (listen)
• Op. 27 No. 2: Nocturne, Des majeur (listen)

See also

• Études (Chopin)