Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) was a Polish composer and pianist of Polish and French parentage who wrote almost exclusively for the piano. He was born as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, adopting the French variant "Frédéric-François" when he left Poland for Paris at age 20, never to return. His surname is also sometimes spelled Szopen in Polish texts.

External links

• Internet Chopin Information Centre - Chopin portal with calendary, catalogues, and other information about Chopin, also pianists' biographical notes, Chopin in th Web and more.
• ChopinMusic - Chopin website with recordings, sheet music, photo galleries, a forum and more.
• Fryderyk Chopin: Poet of the Piano
• Chopin biographical resources - A concise biography of the famous composer Chopin, with recordings and sheet music.
• Biographies (Project Gutenberg e-texts):
• Life of Chopin, by Franz Liszt
• Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician, by Frederick Niecks
• Chopin: The Man and his Music, by James Huneker
• Chopin's partitions from Mutopia Project
• Chopin's music collection on Classical Music Archives
• International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition
• Recordings, sheet music, and information on Chopin

Recordings

• Free recordings of Chopin's music performed by Donald Betts (3 ballades, 3 études, 2 nocturnes, 1 mazurka).
• PianoParadise — Chopin — Free mp3 files of pieces composed by Chopin.
• Free recordings of Chopin's music performed by Paul Cantrell.
• The Chopin MIDI Archive — Chopin's works in MIDI format.
• Chopin A drawing off an early painting
• Free recordings of Chopin's music at Piano Society.