Francois Chopin Research Paper

Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and piano virtuoso. Most of his music was written for solo piano, although he has some works for piano concerto and chamber music. Chopin often composed using improvisation. Chopin refined the concept of the “nocturne” and introduced the world to Polish folk music. Composers such as Rachmaninoff, and Brahms, among others were influenced by Chopin.

Kate Chopin was born Katherine O’Flaherty on February 8, 1851, in St. Louis, Missouri, into a socially prominent family with roots in the French past of both St. Louis and New Orleans. Her father, Thomas O’Flaherty, an immigrant from Ireland, had lived in New York and Illinois before settling in St. Louis, where he prospered as the owner of a commission house. In 1839, he married into a well-known Creole family, members of the city’s social elite, but his wife died in childbirth only a year later. In 1844, he married Eliza Faris, merely fifteen years old but, according to French custom, eligible for marriage. Faris was the daughter of a Huguenot man who had migrated from Virginia and a woman who was descended from the Charlevilles, among the earliest French settlers in America.

     Katherine (O’Flaherty) Chopin was born February 8, 1851 to a wealthy Irish Catholic Family in St. Louis, Missouri (“Kate Chopin” 1). Her father, Thomas O’Flaherty, was a founder of the Pacific Railroad, who unfortunately died when a train fell off a collapsed bridge on its inaugural trip in 1855. Only a few years later, Kate’s older brother George was captured by Union soldiers during the Civil War in 1863. He then

While he was in Arizona he became fascinated by the Native American culture. He wrote about what he called the “True Colors” of the West. He stated that horses shadows were blue or a shade of Carmine. After a few months out West engulfing his life with Native and horse culture Harper's Weekly sent him out too South Carolina to focus on the Earthquake in 1886. 4 years later in 1890 he had acquired and made enough art to make his own show. It featured 21 of his own art pieces. By this time he had also created a reputation for himself that helped make his art pieces sell. His popularity got to him so much, he became extremely gluttonous and obesity became a major problem. He battled many health problems which in turn led to his early death on December 26, 1909 at the age of 48. Before his death though he was constantly on the move throughout the Wild West getting to know the natives and becoming engulfed into their culture. After he married his wife Eva they moved immediately to Kansas City where Frederic tried to make his way with a hardware business but it eventually failed. Eva moved back out East because she couldn’t handle the the rough and wild lifestyle the West had to offer. In 1890 after the one man art show Frederic out on his missed his beloved more than anything. So the couple decided to move to New Rochelle, New York in order to have nicer galleries and more living space for

Szpilman began his study of the piano at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland in his early age with pupils of Franz Liszt, who was a famous Hungarian composer and pianist during the 19 century.

Chopin soon began studying the theory of music, figured bass and composition at the Warsaw High School of Music, which was both part of the Conservatory and, at the same time, connected with Warsaw University. Its head was the composer Józef Elsner. Chopin, however, did not attend the piano class. Aware of the exceptional nature of Chopin's talent, Elsner allowed him, in accordance with his personality and temperament, to concentrate on piano music but was unbending as regards theoretical subjects, in particular counterpoint. Chopin, endowed by nature with magnificent melodic invention, ease of free improvisation and an inclination towards brilliant effects and perfect harmony, gained in Elsner's school a solid grounding, discipline, and precision of construction, as well as an understanding of the meaning and logic of each note. During this period of time, Frederic composed a series of extended works, and after the third year of his studies Elsner wrote in a report: "Chopin, Frederic, third year student, amazing talent, musical genius".

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born on May 7th, 1840. The majority of Tchaikovsky’s life was dedicated to his music. At the age of four years old, Tchaikovsky composed his very first song and began to play the piano without the help of sheet music. Tchaikovsky continued to pursue his musical career and started taking compositions lessons from the great Anton Rubinstein. Although Tchaikovsky pursued a musical career early in life, his first job was a government clerk. Needless to say, Tchaikovsky did not like that job and he was reassured that music was for him. Tchaikovsky decided to leave his job and attend a new music school located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Although Tchaikovsky’s teachers and peers had much faith in his

Chopin’s third sonata is a masterwork filled with pianistic elements, daring harmonies, experimental form, and a wealth of expressivity. In this four-movement work, references to other Chopin compositions and influences from fellow composers are found. At the same time, there is a progressive element; it looks forward to the heights which would be achieved by Chopin and later composers.

Frederic Chopin was a Polish pianist and composer who integrated both the Romantic tradition and technical characteristics of the piano in an innovative and expressive way. (Oxford Music) “Chopin was the Romantic composer most closely identified with the piano” (Textbook) He combined beautiful melodies, inventive chords and harmonies, and virtuosic technique in a natural and eloquent way to create a tremendous collection of piano works throughout his lifetime. (Oxford Music) Of his many prominent works, Chopin’s collection of etudes has been one of the most revolutionary. This paper will delve into the historical and musical aspects of Chopin’s Etudes Op. 10.

Chopin proved the people of France wrong. Within a year, Chopin was a fashionable celebrity, not only for his compositions but also for his unique and delicate style of playing. Chopin composed not just exquisite miniatures but also longer scale works. His fantasies balanced the famous B flat minor, one of the last works Chopin completed was the challenging Polonaise-Fantaisie. Most of Chopin’s composition was strengthened out by his extraordinary power of improvisation. Chopin was able to play without hesitation and just let his heart and mind complete the notes to the musical piece as if it was already written complete on paper.

Peter Tchaikovsky was a famous Composer from the 19th Century. He is known as the most famous Russian composer in history (“Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Biography”). Some historians think that he was Russia’s first truly professional composer ("Tchaikovsky Music's – Famous”). His music was performed during the late 1800s. He created many musical works throughout this time as a composer and many of these works are still listened to today.

His father wanted him to follow his footsteps and work in medicine, and he decided reluctantly that he would follow through with this at the age of 17. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Ecole de Médecine in Paris and grew to completely detest what would be his future career. Around this time, he fell in love with Gluck (who would later become his largest influence, along with Beethoven) after seeing his opera Iphigénie en Tauride (Macdonald). To his father’s disapproval he abandoned his medical studies and started at the Paris Conservatoire in 1826, studying composition under Le Sueur.

The notorious Frederic Chopin was born in Poland in 1810.  He was seen as the greatest Polish composer, and among the very greatest composers for the piano. Chopin was one of the extremely rare child prodigies, along with Mozart and Mendelssohn.  At the age of 7, he had already written two polonaises (in G minor and B flat major).  A piano professor at Warsaw Conservatory gave Chopin valuable lessons in playing the organ.  From the age of 13 to 16, he attended the Lyceum where his father was a professor.  The next year, he began studying music theory and composition with Elsner.  He then left 5 years later to go to Vienna from Poland and then settled in Paris where he spent most of his life and passed away in 1849.

In the course of the development of music, many great composers have contributed their brilliance towards the revolution of music. To be a great composer does not necessarily mean that they have reached a vast amount of fame. However, it means that their compositions have ingenuity and value. The melodies they have cleverly created have reached a point of worthiness in the world of music. For it is the sweet harmonies a composer creates that defines who he is. One of these gifted composers was Frederic Chopin, born on February 22, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. Young Chopin was already composing by the age of eight and as his musical career developed he became known as a master of piano composition. Although he was often misunderstood

Although classifying a work by its genre may guide listeners to their responses, it only serves as a frame for communication. It is necessary then to focus on the communication of the piece through Chopin’s individualized design of aesthetics and realize the social context of the genre.