Chopin, Frédéric

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Basic data

  1. Chopin, Frédéric François
  2. Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek Alternative Names
  3. March 1, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola bei Warschau
  4. October 17, 1849 in Paris
  5. Komponist, Pianist
  6. Warschau, Wien, Paris, Mallorca, Nohant

Iconography

Daguerreotype, c. 1849 (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin's father, Nicolas Chopin, by Mieroszewski, 1829 (Source: Wikimedia)
Józef Elsner (after 1853) (Source: Wikimedia)
Tytus Woyciechowski (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin plays for the Radziwiłłs, 1829 (painting by Siemiradzki, 1887) (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin at 25, by his fiancée Maria Wodzińska, 1835 (Source: Wikimedia)
Maria Wodzińska, self-portrait (Source: Wikimedia)
Franz Liszt, by Kriehuber, 1838 (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin, 28, at piano, from Delacroix's joint portrait of Chopin and Sand, 1838 (Source: Wikimedia)
George Sand sewing, from Delacroix's joint portrait of Chopin and Sand, 1838 (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin by Gratia, 1838 (Source: Wikimedia)
Jane Stirling, by Devéria, c. 1830 (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin on His Deathbed, by Teofil Kwiatkowski, 1849, commissioned by Jane Stirling. From left: Aleksander Jełowicki; Chopin's sister Ludwika; Marcelina Czartoryska; Wojciech Grzymała; Teofil Kwiatkowski (Source: Wikimedia)
Autographed musical quotation from Polonaise Op. 53, signed 25 May 1845 (Source: Wikimedia)
Recreation of composer's last residence in Place Vendôme, at the Salon Frédéric Chopin, Paris.[175] [n 17] (Source: Wikimedia)
Extract from Chopin's Nocturne Op. 62 no. 1 (1846, composer's manuscript) (Source: Wikimedia)
The same passage (1881 Schirmer edition). The examples show Chopin's typical use of trills, grace notes, and detailed pedalling and tempo instructions. (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin's last (Pleyel) piano, used in 1848–49 (Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw) (Source: Wikimedia)
Monument on a pillar in Holy Cross Church, Warsaw, enclosing (at bottom) Chopin's heart (Source: Wikimedia)
Frédéric Chopin Monument, Łazienki Park, Warsaw, designed by Wacław Szymanowski (Source: Wikimedia)
Chopin's grave, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Fr. Chopin, unbekannter Künstler - nach 1835 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Frédéric François Chopin, Kneisel, August - um 1830/1835 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Frédéric François (Fryderyk Franciszek) Chopin, Kneisel, August -  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis Frédéric François (Fryderyk Franciszek) Chopin,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Chopin, Frédéric,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Chopin, Frédéric, unbekannter Künstler - nach 1835 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Chopin, Frédéric, August Kneisel -  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Chopin, Frédéric,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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