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Frederic Francois Chopin, Polish-born composer and renowned pianist, was the creator of 55 mazurkas, 13 polonaises, 24 preludes, 27 etudes, 19 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. ...
Chopin was born Frederic (spelled in Polish as Fryderyk) Francois (French) Chopin, his very name indicative of the blended impact two countries made on the precocious musicians life. His father, Nicholas Chopin, was a French tutor to many aristocratic Polish families, later accepting a position as a French teacher at the Warsaw Lyceum.
Although Chopin later attended the Lyceum where his father taught, his early training began at home. ... By the age of six, Chopin was creating original pieces, showing innate prodigious musical ability. His parents arranged for the young Chopin to take piano instruction from Wojciech Zywny. ... Wojciech Zywnys tutelage influenced the young Chopin perhaps immeasurably, as Chopins compositions were Romantically expressive and emotional, yet defined by a purity derived from the Classical Period before him.
When Chopin was sixteen, he attended the Warsaw Conservatory of Music, directed by composer Joseph Elsner.
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