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    Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer born in 1810 and died in 1849. He settled in Paris after Warsaw was invaded by Russia. There he befriended other musicians like Franz Liszt and had a 10-year love affair with George Sand that ended bitterly. He was influenced by bel canto opera and cultivated genres like ballades and polonaises, writing solo piano works including preludes, ballades, polonaises, and sonatas. His compositions featured the styles of Polish nationalism, rubato, ornamental passages, and chromatic melodies.

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    Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer born in 1810 and died in 1849. He settled in Paris after Warsaw was invaded by Russia. There he befriended other musicians like Franz Liszt and had a 10-year love affair with George Sand that ended bitterly. He was influenced by bel canto opera and cultivated genres like ballades and polonaises, writing solo piano works including preludes, ballades, polonaises, and sonatas. His compositions featured the styles of Polish nationalism, rubato, ornamental passages, and chromatic melodies.

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    Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer born in 1810 and died in 1849. He settled in Paris after Warsaw was invaded by Russia. There he befriended other musicians like Franz Liszt and had a 10-year love affair with George Sand that ended bitterly. He was influenced by bel canto opera and cultivated genres like ballades and polonaises, writing solo piano works including preludes, ballades, polonaises, and sonatas. His compositions featured the styles of Polish nationalism, rubato, ornamental passages, and chromatic melodies.

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    Frederic Chopin was a Polish composer born in 1810 and died in 1849. He settled in Paris after Warsaw was invaded by Russia. There he befriended other musicians like Franz Liszt and had a 10-year love affair with George Sand that ended bitterly. He was influenced by bel canto opera and cultivated genres like ballades and polonaises, writing solo piano works including preludes, ballades, polonaises, and sonatas. His compositions featured the styles of Polish nationalism, rubato, ornamental passages, and chromatic melodies.

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    Name:____________________

    Chopin
    Name the year of Chopin birth and the year of his death _________
    1810 - _________

    1849

    Country of birth _________________

    Poland

    Identify the significant of each of following in his musical career.

    Paris ________________________________________________________________________

    He settled there after Warsaw was invaded by Russia. In Paris, he met many important musicians,
    artists, and writers.
    Franz Liszt __________________________________________________________________

    He was close friends with Liszt

    George Sand __________________________________________________________________

    He met her at a party and began a 10 years love affair which had a bitter end.

    Jane Stirling ____________________________________________________________

    She was his students who helped organize a tour in London and also helped his sister
    come to Paris for his funeral by a loan.
    Bel canto opera He was influenced by the Bel Canto style of Opera.
    ____________________________________________________________

    Nationalism __________________________________________________________________

    He has many works of Polish Nationalism such as Mazurkas and Polonaises.

    John Field __________________________________________________________________

    Chopin's nocturnes were first used by John Field.

    Name 2 genres he cultivated and give 1 example of each

    Ballades
    ____________________ Ballade in G Minor
    ________________________________________________

    ____________________
    Polonaise ________________________________________________

    Polonaise in Ab Major

    Identify 4 types of solo piano works

    1. _________________________________
    Ballade 2. _________________________________

    Prelude

    Polonaise
    3. _________________________________ 4. _________________________________

    Sonata

    Identify 2 types of dances composed

    Polonaise dance Waltz


    1. _________________________________ 2. _________________________________

    1
    Name:____________________
    Identify 4 specific style features

    1. __________________________________________________________________________

    His music often had robato

    2. __________________________________________________________________________

    His music has long ornamental passages (e.g. trills, etc.)

    3. __________________________________________________________________________

    His music has chromatic melodies

    4. __________________________________________________________________________

    His music had unexpected modulations

    Composer ___________________
    Frederic Chopin Genre ______________________

    Polonaise

    Form of the work ________________________

    A-B-A

    Name 4 speci c style features

    The music has a strong sense of nationalism


    1. __________________________________________________________________________

    2. __________________________________________________________________________

    The left hand is in strict time while the right hand has more rubato.

    3. __________________________________________________________________________

    There are fast ascending chromatic scales

    4. __________________________________________________________________________
    The left hand has fast octave ostinato in section B.

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