Frédéric Bastiat

Composition: Chopin’s Polonaise op.53 no.6 (“Heroic”) History of the piece – 300 words Description of the piece – 300 words Thoughts about the piece – 300 words 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

Frédéric François Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a genius Polish composer and a virtuoso pianist during the Romantic period of piano mainly creating solo piano compositions. Chopin is a worldwide-known piano composer who led his era and is nationally known whose “poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation.” (qtd. The Romantic Generation p. 284) Throughout his career, Chopin was able to change the perceived viewpoint of musical articulation

When deciding on a composer from the romantic period to research, I realized that I didn’t have much insight or knowledge on the topic. I chose Frederic Chopin using completely superficial reasoning: He is of Polish descent and so am I. I also found that most of his works were solo piano pieces, and that really appealed to me for some reason. Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the small town of Zelazowa Wola, just outside of Warsaw, Poland on March 1st, 1810. His father was a French

Musical Analysis of… Chopin’s Prelude in Dᵇ Major Op.28, no. 15 Genre/Style Chopin’s prelude in Dᵇ is from the romantic period, which began in the late 18th/early 19th century. Composers like Chopin were at the forefront of this change in music, developing the writing and playing of solo piano, orchestral and opera works and how music was performed. There were many composers from this era that were very well known, especially in their later years, or after their deaths: Liszt, Beethoven, Schubert

MUS 404: Keyboard Literature June 22, 2010 Piano Sonata No. 3 in b minor, Op. 58 by Frédéric Chopin 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. Background

and dynamic system rather than a passive mechanism for recording external information. Evaluate this claim, making reference to research findings. The concept that the memory is a constructive and dynamic system was originally introduced by Sir Frederic Bartlett, in the 1920’s. According to Bartlett, social factors influence one’s ability to remember, and in turn, can either change a person’s perception of a specific memory or distort the original memory. As opposed to the memory being a ‘passive

1819, died in 1896 from Germany. First well known female composer. Married to Robert Schumann. Stop composing at age 36. Mainly wrote piano pieces. After husbands death she dedicated the rest of her career to promoting her husbands work. 
22.  Frederic Chopin. Born in 1811, died in 1849 from Poland. Came to Paris at age 21, wrote exclusively for piano. Wrote free form preludes, nocturnes etudes and impromptus. Composed mainly chamber music. Had and affair

Ana Vidovic Coming from a very talented family, Ana has been known through her music since the age of 5 with her father and brother being guitarist themselves. She later explained that her brother influenced her on playing the guitar. She was born in a small town in Croatia, November 8th 1980. She was so popular, at the age of the thirteen she became the youngest attendee of a very high-status musical institute. By her early twenties, Vidovic had already received numerous prizes. Her

The Voice of the Sea in The Awakening           Many different symbols were utilized in Kate Chopin's The Awakening to illustrate the underlying themes and internal conflict of the characters.  One constant and re-emerging symbol is the sea.  The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.  The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.  The touch

Polish Nationalism in Frederic Chopin’s Compositions Frederic Chopin was born in the year 1810, in Warsaw, Poland and died in 1849, at the young age of 39 (Thompson, 113). He was also known as “the Poet of the Piano” due to his nuance, his expressive depth and his ability to conjure up the melody of the human voice from the instrument’s keys (http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/poland503/chopin.html). “Chopin epitomizes the figure of the “Romantic Artist”: withdrawn, temperamental