Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
(1810–1849) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Alternative names | Fryderyk Chopin | ||
Description | Polish composer, pianist, music pedagogue, virtuoso and musician | ||
Date of birth/death |
22 February 1810 / 1 March 1810 ![]() |
17 October 1849 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Żelazowa Wola | Paris | |
Work period | 1817 ![]() | ||
Work location |
Paris ![]() | ||
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Portraits[edit]
Photograph by Louis-Auguste Bisson, 1849
Portrait by Eugène Delacroix, 1838
Portrait by Eugène Delacroix, 1838
Stylized rendition of joint portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand by Eugène Delacroix
Portrait by Ary Scheffer (1810-1849)
Portrait by Maria Wodzińska, 1835
Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1847
Painting by Charles Louis Gratia
Portrait by Albert Graefle
Portrait by Lorenz Vogel
Louis August Bisson, 1849
P. Schick, 1873
Portrait by Rudolph Lehmann, 1847
Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Illustration George Sand in pencil, 1841
Jakob Götzenberger "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1838
Jakob Götzenberger "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1838
Portrait by Ary Scheffer, 1847
August Kneisel, 1830
Luigi Calamatta "Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin", 1838
Nicolas Eustache Maurin "Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin", 1845
Frédéric Chopin from a drawing from life by Anthony Kolberg (1815-1882)
Teofil Kwiatkowski "Fryderyk Chopin on his Deathbed", 1849
Eliza Radziwiłłówna "Fryderyk Chopin at the Piano", 1826
Pauline Viardot "Fryderyk Chopin Reading and Maurice Sand Writing", 1841
Frédéric Chopin' Death Mask - Created by Auguste Clésinger October 17th, 1849 at Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland.
Frédéric Chopin' Death Mask - Created by Auguste Clésinger October 17th, 1849
Monuments[edit]
Henri Rousseau: Chopin monument in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, 1909
Frédéric Chopin (Polish composer) memorial, 2005 desig. by Bronisław Chromy, Decjusza Park
Chopin's sculpture at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Sculpture of Frederic Chopin near Bronikowski's Palace in Żychlin, designed by sculptor Marcin Mielczarek
Monument in front of Frédéric Chopin Music School in Gödöllő
Monument of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, sculptored by Józef Gosławski. Designed in 1955, unveiled in 1969.
Chopin Monument, Swiss Garden, Vienna
Statue of Frédéric Chopin in the Parc Monceau, Paris sculpted by Jacques Froment Thomas
View East on Chopin Memorial 'Chopinův kámen' 1960 by Karl Otáhal
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.
Statue in Ustka, Poland
Chopin Monument, Zhongshan Gongyuan, Shanghai
Statue of Fryderyk Chopin in Duszniki-Zdrój
Monument in Słupsk, Poland
Monument to Chopin on Red Beach
Frédéric Chopin memorial in Szafarnia
Bust of Chopin presented by the Polish embassy to the municipality of Culemborg
Frédéric Chopin memorial in Valldemossa
Fryderyk Chopin monument in the Jordan Park in Krakow
Federico Chopin (1930). Work of the Italian sculptor Pedro Juan Ferrari (1884 - 1970) Inaugurated in the Chacabuco Park on September 22, 1944.
Fryderyk Chopin's monument in Poznan
Fryderyk Chopin monument in Tirana
Bust in Berlin-Mitte
Plaques[edit]
in Praha
in Vienna
12 place Vendôme in Paris
12 place Vendôme in Paris
in London
Epitaph for heart of Frédéric Chopin in Holy Cross Church in Warsaw (sculptor - Leonard Marconi).
Monument of Frédéric Chopin in Żelazowa Wola, sculptured by Józef Gosławski. Designed in 1955, unveiled in 1969.
Gallery[edit]
Teofil Kwiatkowski "Chopin's Polonaise - a Ball in Hôtel Lambert in Paris", 1859
George Sand (1864)
Valldemossa, museum entrance Frédéric Chopin Museum and George Sand
Frédéric Chopin Museum in Valldemossa
Piano of Chopin in the museum of Valldemossa
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola, Poland
Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James at 12 place Vendôme in Paris. In this house Chopin died in 1849
Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James at 12 place Vendôme in Paris. In this house Chopin died in 1849
Frédéric Chopin Music School. - #6 Ady Endre Promenad, Alsópark, Gödöllő, Pest County, Hungary.
Warsaw Chopin Airport Terminal
Grave[edit]
Chopin's gravesite at Père Lachaise, Paris. Euterpe sculpted by Auguste Clésinger.
The tomb of Luigi Cherubini and Frederic Chopin (white sculpture)
Signatures[edit]
Scores[edit]
Music[edit]
- Ballades
- Cello sonatas
- 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
- Nocturnes
- Polonaises
- Sonatas
- Valses
- 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[edit]
- 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)