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Frédéric Chopin
✦Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Romantic1810 – 1849Western ClassicalPolish-French
Overview
Born
1810, Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw
Died
1849
Nationality
Polish-French
Tradition
Western Classical
Era
Romantic
Biography
The supreme poet of the piano, Chopin composed almost exclusively for his instrument — nocturnes, études, ballades, preludes, and mazurkas that fused Polish folk idioms with refined French elegance and harmonic innovation.