A Brief History of Frederic Chopin
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I always picture of Chopin playing in a dark room lit only by a single candle.
I think he did that. He always enjoyed playing in the salon with his friends rather than concerts. He only performed around 40 while other people had hundreds
I took piano lessons from age five until seventeen. There are dozens of classical composer's, but my teacher had a penchant
for Chopin's music! I seemed to be drawn
to his music also. I found it to be beautiful
and relatively easy to play. In fact, my piano
teacher was so impressed, she began to
refer to me as, "Chopin's girl!" Now I wish
that she had given me a wider range of
classical pieces, but she concentrated on
Chopin - not exclusively, but he was her
main focus! So I love his music, especially
his Fantasie Impromptu and Polonaise in
A Flat Major! There was a certain girl my
teacher bragged about to her other students.
This girl played much better than ALL her
other students, and she also played mostly
Chopin. She would close every recital with
stunning renditions of a piece of his music.
When she aged out (our teacher preferred
to concentrate on school-aged children,
although she also taught a very few adults.)
I stopped my piano lessons when I graduated
from High School. Now, I wish I had given my
playing more imagination, like the person who
played Chopin by candlelight! That is adding
romance to music composed by probably the
most romantic of all classical composers!
@@nancyayers6355 thank you for sharing your beautiful experience
@@nancyayers6355 some are easy to “play” until you hear recording of Rubinstein , Horowitz , and other greats interpret Chopin. His music takes a lot of musicality , not just being able to play the notes.
That’s exactly how I imagined him to lol
Chopin wasn't shy and quiet. It seems he never felt quite at home when in France but in Poland he was known to be joyful, a good sport with a great sense of humour. He had a talent for making people laugh and could be a bit naughty at times. He was also very good at drawing and his teachers often caught him drawing their caricatures. He would spend his holidays in the country where he wrote and edited a parody-like newspaper for his family and friends. He also liked to play with folk music bands. He wasn't shy towards women either. He often accompanied Konstancja Gładkowska, his first love, and they kept writing each other for a year after he left. He was also engaged to Maria Wodzińska. All in all, at least in Poland, he was the opposite of the moody neurotic Chopin people tend to picture.
Ludwika protecc
Ludwika attac
But most importantly
To Poland she took Chopin’s heart bacc
Ludwicca lol
Chopin memes are so wholesome
"He died because of Tuberculosis"
*Red Dead Redemption Flashbacks*
Aw jeez. Yup.
spoilers
Mucoviscidosis.
"Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art."
SERIOUSLY google some of the other quotes by this man. His music and talent was obviously on another level, maybe even SUPER-HUMAN level, but it looks like so was his speech
Mostly *piano* , this was his *forte* 😂
What an oxymoron!!
@2:59, In 1830 Poland was already partitioned and absorbed into 3 neighbouring countries: Russia, Prussia (Germany) and the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria). Warsaw was under the Russian occupation during partitions. This November 1830 Uprising was one of many where Poles tried to regain independence. They finally did it in 1918 after 123 years of partitions.
Wrote a lot for piano, which was his forte, humorous...
:)
nah... not Warsaw... He was born in Zelazowa Wola :)
To be honest he was just raised there. Zelazowa Wola wasn't the house of his family. That was a place where his father worked as a teacher of a richman's kids. Chopin's family lived there and what's interesting, they moved in when Chopin was 3 and moved out when he was 7.
@@gothenix But he was born in Żelazowa Wola. That's a fact. Why change it?
@@gothenix I have been personally in museum located in Zelazowa Wola at Chopis family house where he was born. This is history Fact. So either whole museum lies to poeople and dont know where Chopin was born, or u are a Polish history genius. But more likely u read something on random website didnt check if its true and trying to be smart.
Fabulous. I like the chapter in Chopin's life where the French government told him he could visit Paris, at first, but not stay long. Then he played his new works and he was a smash hit. France welcomed him after is concert, and he stayed as long as he wanted. He played, he stayed.
Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Chopina to fenomen graniczący z cudem ❤️
Such an interesting video about my favorite composer! Just thinking about Chopin and Liszt's friendship makes me dream; two geniuses exploring the world together with two completely opposite views.
Zelazowa Wola, not Warszawa, although he did move there later in his childhood
You should have more subscribers 🙂
they won't let me subscribe twice :(
for a piano channel she has a lot of subs now
Good video, but a small correction (not sure if someone made it yet) - he was actually born in a small village near Warsaw called Zelazowa Wola.
Yeah. Apparently this village has 65 inhabitants, so the birth of chopin was pretty much the only thing that happened there
Franz Liszt looks like lord farquad from shrek 😂
I thought so too
Omg he does 😂
honeysuckle - Piano fuck u
honeysuckle - except Liszt wasn’t an utter douche
OMG, I thought I was only one who thought that! 😂
I very much enjoy the Scherzo 4 playing in the background.
You have a remarkable ability to make these composers come alive!
Love me some Chopin. Love learning about him. Thanks!
I recommend Polish directer Andrzej Zulawski's film La Note Bleue which is an expressionistic biopic of Chopin.
Thanks!
@enigma desire for love is good but it isn't super factual
Thank you for all of these fantastic videos!
Ayyyeeee I'm Polish AND French
When you match Poles and French you get
Chopin
Madame Curie
@@qzg7857 Maria Skłodowska - Curie had both parents who were Polish but of course France helped her achieve many things:) She's very interesting person, I read about her and she seemd to be really good, kind and talented woman:)
ayyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@qzg7857and Morgane Polanski (the daughter of Roman Polanski)
I had an assignment on one of his most brilliant musical works, the Revelutional Etude Op.10 No 12 it was awesome.
you really deserve more subs! thank you for awesome videos!
Loved this! Thank you so much!
Thanks a million for this lively documentary. In particular the sensitive humour; I found the characters' quotes both informative and entertaining. By the way, as a 15 year-old, I once visited Georges Sand's countryside cottage in l'Indre, situated within a rural county in the Berry province in France. She wrote fantasy tales and legends inspired by folk tradition, entitled "Contes Rustiques du Berry". As for Chopin, his two piano concerti remain my favourite works written by his hand up till this day. They're incredibly passionate and used to practically stir me to tears, shaking my innermost self when I listened to them as a teenager.
Thank you. Really enjoyed this. Lovely energy.
I was always wondering the relationship between Chopin and Liszt, anyone else realizes some similarity in their music style?
Yes, though personality-wise they seemed completely opposite! Liszt was very showy and bombastic, whereas Chopin hated big public performances and was very private.
I think Chopin is like Li Yundi and Liszt is like Lang Lang :) I watched a lot of your videos, I think you can post some of your performance. You will get a lot more subscribers if you do so
@@fairwinaskara yeah and in the same way Li Yundi is superior to Lang Lang as a pianist, Chopin is superior to Liszt as a composer
@@leo17921 are you sure about that?
liszt was genius but chopin was more than genius.. he died too early
Thank you! I'm writing a research paper on Chopin and this super helped! He was way cooler than I thought, I barely knew anything about him then, and he is now my favorite composer!!
Love this video! It let me know more about the story behind the music.
I’m loving these history videos! I hope you make more. Following now!
You are a very entertaining teacher. I very much enjoy your little talks. Thank you!
Awesome history!!! . . . also really enjoyed the George/Frederic relationship "downhill" effect at 8:44!!!
Same
Frederic Chopin is my favourite composer. It is worth mentioning Jane Stirling, a Scottish lady who played a big part in Chopin's life towards the end, bringing him to England and Scotland, much of the time he was quite ill. After his death, Jane Stirling was known as "Chopin's widow". It was an unrequited love. She loved him, but he did not love her, only saw her as a friend and pupil. It was Jane Stirling who disposed of Chopin's effects and manuscripts after his untimely death. I could listen to Chopin's music all day and all night.
'It was Jane Stirling who disposed of Chopin's effects and manuscripts after his untimely death." Source? As far as I know, it was his sister Ludwika and his childhood Polish friends living in Paris who took care of that.
@@iaf6563 Source is Wiki - Jane Stirling. Many years ago I read a biography of Frederic Chopin. It was written two or three years after his death. I can't remember the author but the central library in Aberdeen, Scotland only had one copy and it had to be specially reserved with no extension on the time it could be borrowed. It was written by someone who knew him well, also Franz Liszt and a few others. It was a fascinating insight into the great man's life.
Really like this video! thank you so much for explaining
Thanks for making awesome videos!
Thank you
Very nice overview, thank you!
Great job. I love classical music: moreso the stories behind the composers. Thank you.
you are really freaking amazing compiling all this information and providing this to us.thanku so much.you should have a lot more subscribers.
Excellent and informative video on my favorite composer. I'm just revisiting his prelude in e minor, an easy piece.
Wow, I love this. Great channel, and interesting to watch/listen.
thank you ! a wonderful video !!
Thank you so much for making this video. Sometimes after I play music by a composer, I wonder what their lives were like and who they were. This video totally answered those questions! I know we'll never ACTUALLY know what they were like, but you've got real quotes from him and his close friends, which is pretty damn close!
love the channel fantastic!!
I loved this! Great presentation :)
thank you!
Very interesting video, thanks!
Great video! Glad I found your channel.
Thanks for the help on my assignment!!!
According to a Polish documentary from 1995(?), Chopin was born February 22nd, 1810 OUTSIDE Warsaw at Zelazowa Wola. FYI, Poland didn't exist politically during Chopin's lifetime, having already been partitioned 3 times in the 18th century and absorbed into Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
Happy birthday to him!!
I liked when you said Chopin & Frederic
+Avi Young subscribed
i loved this
Thumbs up for sure. I wrote my undergard paper on Chopin...Yes, I was a Music Major of some fort...You are wonderful and thank you...Jack Baker NYC
Quirky yet lively. I like it.
Thanks for this channel. Really appreciated. Nice to see a friendly face from home, too.
Awesome
I love your stories.
Poor Chopin crushed so many times as an sensitive person but never understood by those closest to him...
Goddess bless you forever! I love your videos! thanks!
These facts are interesting and memorable! 🎹✨
I like your videos ! Greetings from Tunisia
Thanx alot i really enjoy your videos
Very Good history i am glad people know about me till this day
You are a great story teller.
Awesome! Educational and entertaining as well :)
THX!!! I have a report to do on him. This is the only video I found about him! :D thx again!
+Vicious Slayer6 Glad I could help, good luck with the report! :)
pianoTV I DID GREAT! YOUR THE BEST!!!!!!
Vicious Slayer6 Congrats :)
pianoTV thx
Cool video and nice approach!
awesome info thx
Well done !
Chopin wasn't born in Warsaw, he was born in Żelazowa Wola :)
I love your videos!
So "George" and "Frederick" didn't have a "Handel" on their relationship.
~Ba dum tsss~
Wyatt Watts Chandler is that you?
Hahaha
Wyatt Watts 😂
Especially when they were more Elgarly
😂😂😂
love Chopin
great video!
8:10 "we are getting off this island..." - that cast away picture fits hilariously to the scene :)
it's a wonderful and passionate explanation...but at the end...all that i can remember are two simple words.....green eyes
Thank you for such an informative bio.
I love how you dumbed down the war for people lol
In Terra Haute IN as a sales person, I stopped at Columbia Music, located there. As I had finished my business, and as I was leaving, I spied a table with free cassette tapes. I picked up a Best of Chopin, walked out, jumped in my car and plopped it into my radio/tape player in the car and drove all the way back from Terra Haute to Indianapolis in heaven.
This was the funniest history video ever!❤
The fear of being buried alive was a pretty common thing in those days. Edgar Allan Poe (who died Oct. 7 1849) wrote quite a few stories about that fear. Stories such as the Premature Burial and Berenice.
Interesting!
Why they started to tie bells to the dead in cemeteries. If the string rang the bell, it alerted people that the buried person was still alive...hence the prase “dead ringer.”
looooooove him
Good job! 👏 👏
Chopin my favorite.
THANK YOU! I might pass my piano exam now :)))))
I like Friederick Chopin music. It is interesting know something obout his life.
yay! Love you Chopin. George Sand you heartless woman Lol
Wooo! Chopin's 208th birthday 🎉
0:36
THAT IMAGE OMG HELP I CAN'T XDDDD
its not that funny
@@gamerboi5238 It is
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@Frédéric Chopin you ain't got nothing on Tekashi 69
@Frédéric Chopin sorry did not mean to hurt you, you know, you are a legend in my eyes. But, 69 is a true icon. My opinion
I got into classical music cause of an anime called forest of piano on Netflix u guys should check it out the anime hella good
I’ve watched it also
Thanks for the post PTV. Master Chopin was the quintessential A-B-A composer. He would bring the listener to the crest of stress. But then deliver the listener to the calm of loveliness. Etude in E being a classic example. It is this character that the Great Masters always cultivated. Sadly, today's drone rubbish of hypnosis does nothing for the human spirit.
4th schezo. yessssss so underplayed
You're so funny. I really like the biographies you make
Saw the movie of him called A Song to Remember, Georges Sand was also no saint to him in the movie. I like your videos, I love different ranges of music.
Wat was she like tell meh
@@hannahquintua Well, she was portrayed as a somewhat selfish woman. The entire movie is on TH-cam if you're still interested!
Love this thank you. And... I love your lipstick too
Haha Your Liszt impression was spot on!!! lol, subscribed ;) love your videos and your beautiful to boot.... Cheers
Came to this channel by accident. What an amazing and clever presenter! Just subscribed, Brilliant channel #1
It's funny I found out about Chopin through a game called Eternal Sonata and did more research awhile ago. Like his history just revisit it now and then