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Frédéric Chopin
Geburtstag: 22. Februar 1810
Todesdatum: 17. Oktober 1849
Andere Namen: Frédéric François Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin oder Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin war ein polnisch-französischer Komponist, Pianist und Klavierpädagoge. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten und populärsten Pianisten und Komponisten von Klaviermusik. Als Sohn eines Franzosen und einer Polin in Warschau aufgewachsen, lebte er nach dem gescheiterten Novemberaufstand ab 1831 im Paris der Julimonarchie und der Zweiten Französischen Republik.
Chopin zählt zu den bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten in der Geschichte Polens. Der Internationale Chopin-Wettbewerb, die Fryderyk-Chopin-Musikuniversität in Warschau, die Baltische Fryderyk-Chopin-Philharmonie in Danzig und der Internationale Chopin-Flughafen Warschau tragen seinen Namen.
Zitate Frédéric Chopin
Letzte Worte, 17. Oktober 1849
Original poln.: "Matka, moja biedna matka."
„Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!“
As quoted in Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale.
Quelle: Jorgensen's Chopin and the Swedish Nightingale (2003), p. 26
„Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.“
As quoted in Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils.
Quelle: Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils (1986) by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat, Naomi Shohet, and Krysia Osostowicz, p. 23
„Play Mozart in memory of me— and I will hear you.“
Murmured by Chopin on his death-bed.
Quelle: The opera reader, Biancolli, 1953, p. 271
„I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness.“
As quoted in Chopin.
Variant translation: I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness. And yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.
Variante: I wish I could throw off the thoughts that poison my happiness, and yet I love to indulge in them;
Quelle: Chopin's Letters
As quoted in Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils.
Quelle: Chopin : Pianist and Teacher as Seen by His Pupils (1986) by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, Roy Howat, Naomi Shohet, and Krysia Osostowicz, p. 16
As quoted in his letter to his father, dated December 6th 1817[citation needed]
As quoted in his letter to Jan Bialoblocki, written in Zelazowa Wola and dated back to December 24th 1826[citation needed]
As quoted in Chopin's Letter.
Quelle: Chopin's Letter (1988) by Henryk Opieński,E. L. Voynich, p. 4
As quoted in If Not God, Then What?
Quelle: If Not God, Then What? (2007) by Joshua Fost, p. 93
His letter to Tytus Woyciechowski in Poturzyn. Paris, 12 December 1831.
Said to one of his students, according to "Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by His Pupils" by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger
Quelle: Cited in chopin-society.org.uk http://www.chopin-society.org.uk/articles/chopin-britain.htm
