Frédéric Chopin was a famous Polish composer and pianist born in 1810 in a village called Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw, Poland. He received his early education at home before studying in Warsaw and later living in major European cities. Chopin died in 1849 in Paris from tuberculosis. He was influenced by composers like Mozart and Beethoven and was known for his piano works including mazurkas, waltzes, and ballades. He helped develop musical forms for the piano.
2. Index Life (1/2) Life (2/2) Family Zelzowa Wola (Poland) Works (1/2) Works (2/2) Curiosities
3. Life (1/2) His complete name was Frédéric François Chopin He was born in 1810 in a polish village called Zelazowa wola A particular teacher taught him at home until he was thirteen
4. Life (2/2) He lived in several important countries in Europe He died in Paris in 1849 His death was caused by a pulmonary tuber-culosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis : the lungs don´t work properly, and therefore the rest of the body can´t work properly either since it no longer has O2
5. Family His father name was Mikolaj Chopin, he worked as a teacher of French and French Literature His mother name was Tekla Justina Kryzanowska Mikolaj and Tekla had four children,three girls and one boy,Frédéric. Mikolaj Tekla Boy Girls Ludwica Izabella Emilia Fréderic
6. Zelazowa Wola It is a village near the Utrata river situated in east-central poland Zelazowa is an example of the Masovian with numerous winding streams surrounded by willows and hills Winding: curvy and accidentated
7. Works (1/2) He was influenced by Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Clementi His forms were abtracts and free His music was pure He only use one style since his first works to his lasts works
8. Works (2/2) He was the inventor of some musical forms such as the instrumental balade He made important innovations in the piano sonata, mazurka, waltz ...
9. Curiosities Altought his parents weren´t polish, they were very patriotic A painter called Mierozewski, hated the Chopin family and that is why he retrated his mother with demon horns and a moustache