FREDERICK FRANCISZEK CHOPIN Polish Composer (1810-49). Frederick Chopin free midi downloads.

FREDERICK FRANCISZEK CHOPIN
22^ndFebruary 1810 --- 17^th October 1849

Frederick Chopin (1810-49) Polish composer and pianist, b. Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw. C. showed early genius and, at the age of six
began his musical training under Zywny. In 1823 he was sent to a Warsaw college and there received instruction in composition
from Joseph Elsa. While at the Warsaw Conservatory he was introduced into Polish society, the impressions of which influenced
him both as a man and as an artist. In 1831 he proposed to visit London, but, on reaching Paris, settled there, where began his
friendship with Mme Dudevant, otherwise George Sand, who exercised an important influence on his life. The last 10 years of his
life were a continual struggle against Illness and after a successful tour of Britain he died in Paris.

His compositions stand alone owing to the peculiar nature of his genius, they are extremely individualist and of pronounced style
and full of poetic imagery. He employed dance forms and rhythms-particularly the mazurka-round which to weave many of his
melodies. The list of his compositions is so prolific in mazurkas, waltzes, polonaises and other forms of national dance music that
it is sometimes difficult to believe that they are so often the expression of a deeply melancholy nature a seeming paradox and yet
explained by Chopin's nationality, a nationality which has been justly described as sadness personified. Among his compositions
are 27 etudes, 24 preludes, 20 nocturnes, 59 mazurkas, 16 polonaises, 14 waltzes, 4 ballads, 4 scherzos, 3 impromptus, 3 sonatas
and 2 concertos. Excepting a collection of Polish songs, the 2 concertos above mentioned, and a few concerted pieces of chamber
music, almost all the works of Chopin are written for pianoforte solo. He was among the finest executants as a pianist, and in this
art Liszt alone approached him. He was among the first to use the thumb freely on black keys. Many of his pieces, with eerie or
echo effects or fairy-like accompaniments, depending for their adequate rendering on the use of a particularly subtle kind of finger
technique and pedaling, and are indeed a good test of the varied resources of the skilled pianist.

The house in which Chopin was born was taken over by the Polish nation in 1934 and extensive gardens were laid out. In the
Second World War the Germans ransacked it, but after the war the Poles gradually collected various pieces of furniture, pictures
etc, which had been salvaged by the composer's admirers, with a view to furnishing the house at Zelazowa, Wola as a place of
pilgrimage. The return of Chopin's heart to its former resting-place in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, from where it was
removed and hidden from the Germans during the war, was the occasion of a great national demonstration. Efforts were made to
have the remains brought back from France not later than 1949, in time for the centenary celebrations, which were marked also by
the publication of a revised edition of his works, collected and edited by Paderewski, and the holding of an international Chopin
congress in Warsaw.
Last Updated on July 2025
By Steven Ritchie

And now for the Music

(4096)"Valse in A Minor, Opus.34, No.2". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(4069)"Nocturnes Opus.9, No.2, Dedicated to Camille Pleyet". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

(3407)"Valse Opus.64, No.1". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

Thanks to Sloweater for the music below.
(4523)"Etude in C, Opus.10, No.1". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4522)"Etude in A minor, Opus.10, No.2". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4521)"Etude in E, Opus.10, No.3". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4520)"Etude in C sharp minor, Opus.10, No.4". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4519)"Etude in E minor, Opus.10, No.6". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4518)"Etude in F, Opus.10, No.8". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4517)"Etude in F minor, Opus.10, No.9". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(4516)"Etude in A Flat, Opus.10, No.10". Sequenced by Sloweater.

(2411)"Etude Opus.10, No.5, Black keys". Sequenced by Heinz Kannengiesser.

(397)"Etude No.7 in C Major Opus.10, No.7". Sequenced By Anousone Kitisa

(201)"Etude Opus.10 No.11". Sequenced by Gabriele Giulimondi

Thanks to K.Oguri for the music below.
(3412)"Piano Concerto No.1, Opus.11, Mov.1". Sequenced by K.Oguri.

(3411)"Piano Concerto No.1, Opus.11, Mov.2". Sequenced by K.Oguri.

(3410)"Piano Concerto No.1, Opus.11, Mov.3". Sequenced by K.Oguri.

Real time Sequenced from Piano Competition 2011, below.
NEW (4737)"Ballade in F Major, Opus.23, No.1". Real time sequenced by Annie Zhou.

(836)"Ballade in F Major, Opus.23, No.2,(Info by Ben Dotte)". Sequencer unknown.

(4072)"Etude Opus.25, No.1". Sequencer Unknown.

(4071)"Etude Opus.25, No.2". Sequencer Unknown.

(4070)"Etude Opus.25, No.3". Sequencer Unknown.

Real time Sequenced from Piano Competition 2006, below.
NEW (4736)"Etude Opus.25, No.8". Real time sequenced by Gregory De Turck.

NEW (4735)"Etude Opus.25, No.10". Real time sequenced by Korchinskaya Kogan.

(4074)"Etude Opus.28, No.1". Sequencer Unknown.

(4073)"Etude Opus.28, No.2". Sequencer Unknown.

Thanks to Heinz Kannengiesser for the music below. Email (mail@heinz-kannengiesser.de)
(2412)"Prelude Opus.28, No.15, Raindrop". Sequenced by Heinz Kannengiesser.

Thanks to Burkhard Osteneck for the music below. Email (b.osteneck@t-online.de)
(2542)"Prelude opus.28, No.16 in B flat minor". Sequenced by Burkhard Osteneck.

(400)"Scherzo No.2, Opus.31". Sequenced by Ron Lubetsky

Thanks to Malcolm Dale for the music below.
(3409)"Sonata No. 1 in C Minor Opus.4". Sequenced by Malcolm Dale.

(3408)"Sonata No.2 in B Flat minor, Opus.35". Sequenced by Malcolm Dale.

Thanks to Victor Waldo for music below. Email (vicwal@mmind.net)
(817)"Revolutionary". Sequenced in real time by Victor Waldo.

(680)"Polonaise Opus.40, No.1 Military" Sequenced in real time by Victor Waldo.

Thanks to Jae-Hyuck Cho for Sequenced in real time below.
(3630)"Fantasy in F Minor, Opus 49". Sequenced in real time by Jae-Hyuck Cho.

Thanks to Robert Finley for music below.
(518)"Opus.53, Polonaise in A flat, Heroic". Sequenced by Robert Finley

(399)"Nocturne No.15 in F Minor Opus.55 No.1". Sequenced by Robert Finley

(396)"Nocturne No.1, Opus.62" Sequenced by Robert Finley

(24)"Winter wind etude". Sequenced by Robert Finley

(68)"Sonata No.3, 1st Mov Allegro". Sequenced by Robert Finley

(398)"Sonata No.3, 2nd Mov, Scherzo". Sequemced by Robert Finley

Thanks to B.S. Lengton for the music below. Email (mb.lengton.athelas@12move.nl)
(2622)"Variations sur un air national allemand, in E major". Sequenced by B.S. Lengton.

Thanks to Simon for the music below. Email (dbscoolboy@sinaman.com
(2175)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.1". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2176)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.2". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2177)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.3". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2178)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.4". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2179)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.5". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2180)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.6". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2181)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.7". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2182)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.8". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2183)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.9". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2184)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.10". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2185)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.11". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2186)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.12". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2187)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.13". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2188)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.14". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2189)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.15". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2190)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.16". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2191)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.17". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2192)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.18". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(2175)"Polish Songs for Solo Voice and Piano accomplements No.19". Sequenced by Simon Mokkie.

(207)"Etude No.2 in A Minor". Sequenced by Anousone Kitisa

(200)"Imprompt Fantastique,(Info by Louis-David Perron)". Sequencer unknown

(56)"Finale to B Minor Paino Sonata". Sequencer unknown

(96)"Barcarolle in F sharp Major,(Info by Ed)". Sequencer unknown

(265)"Ecossaise No.2 in G,(Info by Gary K Allen)". Sequencer unknown

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