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Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæ̃/; French: [fʁedeʁik fʁɑ̃swa ʃɔpɛ̃]; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."

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It's a huge Carthusian monastery, stuck down between rocks and sea, where you may imagine me, without white gloves or hair curling, as pale as ever, in a cell with such doors as Paris never had for gates. The cell is the shape of a tall coffin, with an enormous dusty vaulting, a small window. . . Bach, my scrawls and waste paper - silence - you could scream - there would still be silence. Indeed, I write to you from a strange place.

Down, Sea, Strange Places, Stuck, Write, Writing

I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, and yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.

Happiness, Indulging, Life, Philosophy, Thoughts, Wish

I don't know how it is, but the Germans are amazed at me and I am amazed at them for finding anything to be amazed about.

Amazed, Concerts, Finding, Germans, People

If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist!

Artist, Become, Cutting, House, Rate, Resolved

Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.

Flower, Gentleman, Mazurkas, North, Simple, Threatened

I have met a great celebrity, Madame Dudevant, known as George Sand. . . Her appearance is not to my liking. Indeed there is something about her which positively repels me. . . What an unattractive person La Sand is. . . Is she really a woman? I'm inclined to doubt it.

Doubt, Met, People, Repels, Unattractive

Every difficulty slurred over will be a ghost to disturb your repose later on.

Disturb, Empathy, Ghost, Inspirational, Motivational, Repose

There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner voice, and when I feel more need than ever for a Pleyel piano.

Inspired, Piano, Strong, Voice

One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds, to know how to play long notes and short notes and to achieve certain unlimited dexterity. A well formed technique, it seems to me, can control and vary a beautiful sound quality.

Beautiful, Sound Quality, Play, Achieve, Certain

My piano has not yet arrived. How did you send it? By Marseilles or by Perpignan? I dream music but I cannot make any because here there are not any pianos. . . in this respect this is a savage country.

Country, Dream, Music, Piano, Send

Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

Boring, Concerts, English, People

The earth is suffocating. . . Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.

Alive, Cut, Cutting, Open, Suffocating, Tuberculosis

I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end up not being able to learn it myself.

Learn, Life, Like, Novices, Original, Philosophy

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.

Art, Final, Gone, Numbers, Simplicity

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

Life, Motivational, Music, Play, Soul, Way

Here, waltzes are called works! And Strauss and Lanner, who play them for dancing, are called Kapellmeistern. This does not mean that everyone thinks like that; indeed, nearly everyone laughs about it; but only waltzes get printed.

Mean, Nearly, Play, Strauss, Thinking

Chopin has done for the piano what Schubert has done for the voice.

Voice, Piano, Done, Chopin, Schubert

Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess).

Hallowed, Life, Mistake, Philosophy, Pretensions, Think

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.

Art, Emerges, Final, Music, Simple, Simplicity

Simplicity is the final achievement.

Achievement, Design, Final, Simplicity

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