COMPOSERS

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Frederic Chopin

1810-1849

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No other great composer concentrated so exclusively on one instrument as

Chopin did on the piano. Moreover, most of his output for the piano

was confined to relatively short pieces. But within these limits, Chopin poured

out a steady stream of wonderfully inspired music--passionate, stormy,

happy, sad, dreamily reflective, and rich in melody.

At the same time, his music is always perfectly judged in terms of form and

technical style. No one understood the piano better than Chopin .

He could make the piano sound more truly romantic and poetic

than anybody else. He also wrote for it more sympathetically than any other composer.

Chopin was born in Poland and he always looked upon that country as his homeland.