Listen to Chopin's two nocturnes (Op. 62), and also the cello sonata. These are an excellent example of an older Chopin style. His harmonic genius really developed more romantic and modern sounding.
From a musician standpoint i disagree. As she says, Chopin acknowledged Liszt to be a beter pianist, but i would say he is the best composer. His music is expressive to an extend no other composer up to this day has managed to accomplish
@@gwaynebrouwn844 Rachmaninoff says hi :P But joking asides, the whole "best musician of all time" notion is ridiculous, much like the best food ever is.
If you like Chopin music on Sundays during summer in Łazienki Park, Warsaw, Poland are Chopin music concerts. One of my favorites because you can sit on the grass and just listen. It's something that I haven't seen anywhere else. Unique experience. And it's free! Definitely check it out when you are in Europe.
Hi, Ewa, When touring Poland with my Polish-born father, we were fortunate enough to experience such a Chopin concert in Warsaw's most lovely park. Sheer joy! My father taught me about Chopin at a young age so I've always loved the pianist's music. He is truly the "Poet of the Piano." No one sounds like him or conveys the romanticism and nationalism that he did. As it turns out, my son became a pianist and composer and is strongly influenced by Chopin. Imagine the joy and pride my father felt when his grandson performed Chopin. Unfortunately, my father passed last year in NYC at age 94. Recalling the Chopin concert in Warsaw that I shared with him my fills my eyes with tears of both joy and sorrow. However, both my dad and Chopin remain alive in my heart and those of others. Thank you for sparking the beautiful memory of my father, a summer in Warsaw, and the timeless music of Chopin. 🎹
The horror of Soviet control of post war Poland made irreparable damage to Polish society creating a huge generation of dangerous , agresive , jealous imbecile alcoholics to be ashamed of. That damaged generation almost uprooted Polish history of music , poetry & art. That was the reason for most Pols to defect Poland parallel with communist opressions.
Chopin's lifelong illness may actually have been caused by Cystic Fibrosis, and he would have actually died of that instead of tuberculosis. This is believed based off his family history. #24 Chopin suffered from visual hallucinations believed to be caused by temporal lobe epilepsy I have a crush on someone who has been dead for 169 years.
The answer is nobody knows: Chopin's heart was inspected in 2014 and a paper on it was published in 2017. Long story short pericarditis was found which favours tuberculosis. Next time the heart is to be examined in 2064. The crystal container with the heart was not opened though only made more airtight to preserve the heart even better.
It is no surprise. Fryderyk Chopin was a patriot, who helped to preserve Polish culture and consequently Polish identity. Piano TV did not explain the political situation clearly enough. During Chopin's lifetime there was no Poland. It disappeared from maps in late 18th century and its territory was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. Chopin's music, so richly filled with traditionally Polish folk tunes, during his lifetime and long after his death (Poland regained independence in 1918) helped to preserve Polish spirit and resist intense germanisation and rusification. Of course there were countless of known and unknown Poles who aided this cause, Chopin was one of them. Mazurkas and polonaises are the easiest to spot but Polish tunes can be found also in other Chopin's works, for instance some sections of e-minor concerto are in the rhythm of another traditional Polish dance - krakowiak. BTW, the inscription on the board behind which Chopin's heart rests quotes from Matthew 6, 21: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
BTW, Sand broke up with Chopin because he sided with Solange's decision to marry Auguste Clesinger against her mother's wishes. Also, pronounced d'Azhou not d'AgoulT.
According to Alan Walker, who wrote an excellent biography of Chopin, his final words were "No more," in response to his doctor asking him if he was suffering. I think the "my poor mother" story comes from his family members.
another 'fact', not so fascinating, is that this 'George Sand' character just made his life harder and more difficult. Many people might think that Chopin and her lived some kind of brief and 'passionate' (or whatever your favourite word is) relationship, but I am not so sure. I have read this in a book written during the late 1800's by some musician and writer, but I don't remember the title of the book or the name of the author. I have the pdf somewhere, it's in the public domain
I wouldn't say that she made it more difficult. You can tell the stark contrast, initially, after they hit it off. His fondest memories were their summers on the countryside. Chopin was quite mercurial however and would change his emotional state incredibly fast which led to their never ending fights.
I think George and Chopin should have been a fling. They were attracted to each other because they were so foreign to each other. I feel like that type of attraction can only last for so long before it blows up. Especially when one person is an artist, at least that’s my theory
Hum -_- , I'm not even sure he "dated" her, but at this time, it was no deal, at all, women married very young, and a man could have been much older that Chopin, if this is really true
I believe Chopin probably did become sexually involved with Solange. Given that Chopin's father was French, and that he lived in Paris most of his life, he most certainly was fluent in French.
@@billatkin3956 Indeed John Field is credited to be the inventor of the Nocturne, and he certainly influenced Chopin. In fact, he met Chopin. But that being said.. Chopin Nocturnes are in another realm of existence. John Field's Nocturnes are like little children compositions compared to the harmonic and melodic complexity of Chopin's.
I learned from an old timer that Chopin's Polonaise Eroique was very popular on the radio in the latter part of WW2. This was due partly to the movie A Song to Remember. During an intermission of a showing of that movie on the hanger deck of the USS Randolph, it was struck by a Kamikaze. They said if not for the intermission, many more sailors would have died. Chopin's music is always heroic and is infused with the spirit of liberty and freedom from tyranny.
#10 There is an 'urban legend' that liszt sight read the etudes lol. #11 There is another 'urban legend' about Chopin improvising for hours after liszt committed the sacrilege. When a moth hit the candle and the candle went off, someone was about to light it up again got Chopin was like: 'actually, turn off all the lights, the moonlight is quite enough' and started improvising. After it ended, Liszt was like: "I understand, you are a brilliant poet, and your work is not to be meddled with" Also I like how grande valse brillante waltz is playing in the background, BRILLIANT
Fryderyk Szopen. That how his polish name would be spelled. Half polish (mother) and half french(father) living in France for rest of his live he ended up under his father's last name Chopin. His body is buried at Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris. But he said his heart belongs to Poland and it was smuglled to his homelan by his sister in the solution of cognac. It rests in the Wall of the church of Holy CROSS in Warsaw..
Great video! I would perhaps add that Chopin never really had a piano teacher. Zywny was a violinist and Elsner was his composition teacher. They both recognised Chopin's remarkable gift and did the best thing a teacher could do - did NOT teach him piano, allowing his natural ability to develop
This is very true and it's so interesting, and despite Chopin's hilarious thoughts towards Zywny, it's quite amazing how much Zywny and the violin impacted his play.
BEETHOVEN....... Op 9 No 2 ... His Most Popular Song Sounds Heavily Influenced by Beethoven!!! Anybody who doesn't Hear that is probably Musically Ignorant, lol... I'm willing to put Money on It!! lol.......
I'm a guitarist of many years but I took some music theory lessons from a piano teacher in town. One day I asked her who was her favorite composer and she said Chopin. So now I am wondering who is your favorite composer if you had to name just one?
I like how artist got weirds idea to express theire love hate or fear Chopin heart "fear" Vincent Van gogh cut his ear abd send it to his lover as A gift Wtf
Since you've mentioned it so many times I sort of had to correct you. Chopin wrote only music for the piano, or for piano and other instruments. All of Chopin's works has some kind of integrated piano.
Chopin effectively stopped composing any sonatas of orchestral works after 24. He hated the orchestra and believed the piano was the only thing you need, or at least that he needed :)
Speaking as a life long musician and a lawyer in the music field for thirty years, I congratulate you on the quality and content of your videos... Your videos on CHOPIN, who is my favorite piano composer are great and VERY informative and interesting... it does not hurt my ability to focus that you are also very beautiful without being GARISH like many of the Internet female piano phenoms. By the way, are there any videos of you performing some of these CHOPIN compositions?
Do you think it's possible to rank those guys. I'm from Poland, chopin speaks to my soul. I think rest of those guys are great but I'm from Poland. Chopin speaks directly to my heart. And I don't know much about piano music. So I guess question is moronic. You like what talks to you, I guess
