Frederic Chopin

March 1, 1810-October 17, 1849

Man of piano; Not of crowds

• Frederic Chopin Played amazing Piano But was terrified of crowds.

Born in Zelazowa Wola Poland, though traveled many places around Europe in search for success.

Chopin played his first Public show at the young age of

Eight.

Never could hold a love

• Chopin had many female admirers and had some short love affairs; the longest was about ten years, But could never hold on.

Traveling, Love affairs, or lack there of, fighting, unrest and many other things and feelings

influenced Frederic Chopin to write beautiful music.

Frederic Chopin constructed and played songs on the Piano and Pretty much strictly the piano.

Chopin played a classical style. He had slow entrancing melodies, fast, furious riffs and any where in between!

He played slow melodic pieces such as Nocturnes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBqhH_96Evs

He also played fast pieces such as a Scherzo. He was very diverse in his piano skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_MwPdr7WXQ&feature=related

Chopin was born and lived in the romantic

era of time. (1820-1900)

The Romantic era was a time of self expression, free attitudes and liberation.

The time period before the Romantic period had a differing philosophy: the philosophy of

the enlightenment.

The philosophy of the enlightenment was focused on intellectual activities. This “turned man into a soulless, thinking

machine -- a robot”

The turn of this new Era put these soulless, purely

intellectual ideals to the test.

Chopin used these new ideas as

influences but still followed

ideas of musical form.

Nocturnes quite often have a ternary form (A-B-A)

He also formats songs as sonata’s, and many other forms.

Chopin lived a short life and died at the age of 39 from a

tuberculosis relapse