Franciszek Chopin's Life And Music

     Kate Chopin was one of the greatest and earliest feminist writers in history, whose works have inspired some and drawn much criticism from others. Chopin, through her writings, had shown her struggle for freedom and individuality.

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-1849) is one of the world’s most famous and loved composers for the piano and his compositions are still one of the most played in classical concerts. He is best known for his beautiful melodies, which many have become timeless classics, such as the first section of the Op.10 no.3 etude, and the slow section of the Fantasie Impromptu. Rubenstein, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, writes this: “Tragic, lyric, tastic,soulful,sweet, dreamy,brilliant, grand,simple,all possible expressions are found in his compositions, and are all sung by him upon this instrument in perfect beauty.”

Kate Chopin was an American Author who born in Catherine O’ Flaherty in St Luis on February 8, 1850. Eliza Faris who was from St Luis too was her mother. Chopin father was a successful businessman who died when Kate was only 5 years old. For that reason, Kate grows up in a woman dominated the environment. Chopin mother, great-grandmother and the female slave, used to take of the children most of the time. Chopin started her career as an author when her husband suddenly died, leaving her with six kids and financially broke. Chopin mother died too a few moths later. For that reason, she started feeling devastated, and that immerse her in a period of depression. As a result, her Doctor recommended to her, to started writing her, though. Chopin first publication was a short story At Fault in 1889(Toth, 1). Since Chopin started writing her work received many positive and negative review for controversial topics that she uses in her work. She was one of the first and the important

Kate Chopin went through a great amount of obstacles coming up as a child and an adult. She was born on February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, MO. Growing up around her surroundings made her the wise writer that she was. Chopin was sent off to school by her parents and her dad passed away while she was there. After her husband passed, she felt overwhelmed by all the deaths in family. All those tribulations shaped her into the writer she became.

The outbreak of World War II stopped him in his tracks. Just like his father and uncle, Lutoslawksi and his brother were taken prisoner by the Germans, however, Lutoslawski was able to escape with his life. Returning to Warsaw, he was hired as the in house pianist at a café accompanying vocalists. Lutoslawski began writing transcriptions of popular classical pieces for piano duet with his friend Andrzej Panufnik, one of the most famous being Variation on a Theme by Paganini. After the war, communism spread in Poland, and Lutoslawski’s music was affected as well. Music was turned into a form of propaganda, and Lutoslawski wrote folk tunes and melodies into all of his works. His music was labelled “Formalist” and was banned from performance. To still make a living, Lutoslawski was forced to break away from his own creativity and write piano works for students and children, as well as music for the radio. The forced structure was far from what he would develop later as his signature style. A modern composer, he would blend folk rhythms and harmonies seamlessly with tone rows of his own creation, evident in his work Five Songs to Kazimiera Illakowiczowna’s Poems. Lutoslawski also delved into the world of chance music with his trademark “controlled aleatorism.” His extensive use of ad libidum created scores almost unrecognizable, and completely avant-garde. Very few at the time knew that even while Lutoslawski was made famous by his modern creations and entirely avant-garde style, he was still making a living writing music for students and pop tunes for radio and dance under the pseudonym

Chopin’s father was a bookkeeper and then worked as a tutor for aristocratic families. It is unknown what Chopin’s mother worked as if she worked at all. Chopin’s family appears to be your average everyday working class family. We do know while he was growing up Chopin’s mother introduced him to music at a very young age. At age six Chopin’s mother hired pianist Wojeceiech Zywny to help organize his talent.

With goals of becoming a pianist, he ended up settling as a composer and musical writer due to his paralysis. Although he felt he failed at many things, he “was one of the great composers of the nineteenth century” and “was the quintessential artist whose life and work embody the idea of romanticism in music. His brilliant collections of short piano pieces have attained the elusive union of music and poetry which romantic poets and musicians defined as the ultimate goal of art”

Then without awakening him Manka had him carried out to the wagon that was waiting to take her home to her father”(Heath Int. Anonymous p.21). The next morning when the burgomaster opened his eyes, he found himself lying in the shepherd's cottage and in the story of an hour” (Heath Int. Anonymous p.21) While in The story of an hour has the ironic tone for the tragically ending of the story the author stated, “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease of the joy that kills”. (Heath Int. Chopin p.24) In both stories, the narrator point of view speaks in the third

After completing his studies, Chopin planned a longer stay abroad to become acquainted with the musical life of Europe and to win fame. Up to then, he had never left Poland, with the exception of two brief stays in Prussia. In July 1829 he made a short

Frederyk Chopin, born March 1, 1810 from a french man and polish woman, established himself a pianist in his early life. When Chopin was a young musician he worked with polish themes of music, fantasia, and variations on a theme by Mozart. Using his own poetic strategy of music he developed new forms of piano music. With his work, love life, and early death, Chopin is a leading symbol of the romantic era.

He was born on the 24th of January of 1916, in the middle of WWI. During the war, his familly went to Amiens to run away the horror of the war Henri was born there. At the end of the war, in 1918, the family went to Douai where Henri in 1926, started to study music at the Conservatoire of Douai. He was studying harmony and piano and theory. In 1933, he went to the Conservatoire of Paris, which is the most famous of France. During those years, he was in class with many other famous French musicians for example Leo Chauliac. In 1938, he won the first price of Rome. From 1939 to 1945, he didn’t compose much because of the war but he composed some short songs for the French Resistance.

He went to school at Jurisprudence which had a piano manufacturer occasionally come and teach him piano, also he attended operas, orchestras, and theaters with his classmates.

Antonin Dvorak was born in 1841. He was a Bohemian which means that he lied in whats now known as the Czech Republic. His father was a full time butcher who also played zither part time for weddings. This gave Dvorak a chance to hone his abilities by playing fiddle alongside his father. This upbringing gave him contact with mostly folk and dance music. At age 16 Dvorak moved to Prague eventually becoming a professor of composition at Prague Conservatory. Brahms heard his music and offered Dvorak his publishers information. Dvorak accepted which led to him releasing much of his music, such as Cello Concerto in B minor, opus 104, Symphonies no. 7, 8, and 9, Romance for Violin and Orchestra in f minor, opus 11, Serenade for Strings in e major,

Chopin wrote the Sonata, Op. 58 in 1844, several months after the Berceuse, Op. 57. The Berceuse provides inspiration for the slow movement (Samson, Chopin 23). These works were written at a time when Chopin’s relationship with George Sand was

Already rising up to becoming a great icon, Chopin played a major role in the art of composing piano pieces. Chopin created his own original technique that made his music so ingenious. He composed the “Trois Nouvelles Etudes”, the three new studies. These studies showed his various new techniques that later influenced the keyboard, and music itself (Hueneker 140). Chopin also constructed his own original pieces by including different genres of music into one composition. For example, he would combine a polonaise and a mazurka, two different Polish dances, one being slow while the other is lively. Frederic Chopin also influenced composition with his genius use of the piano. He used the instrument to its fullest effect to create a beautiful and expressive piece (Politoske, Daniel T.). His creativity was prominently brought out this way as he was able to produce melody and harmony (Samson 4). As a matter of fact, Chopin reached fame for his various piano compositions rather than his orchestral pieces (Politoske, Daniel T.). His arrangements utilized the piano in the most unique way which is why other musicians and his audiences admired his music. Arthur Rubinstein stated that, “…all possible expressions are found in his compositions and are all sung by him upon his instrument,” (Hueneker 91). Even