Frederic Chopin, Prague, Czech Republic - Musician Statues on Waymarking.com

Frédéric François Chopin (1 March or 22 February 1810 – 17 October 1849), born (and known in Poland as) Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is widely considered one of the greatest Romantic piano composers. Chopin was born in Zelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. A renowned child prodigy, he grew up in Warsaw and completed his music education there; he composed many of his mature works in Warsaw before leaving Poland in 1830 at age 20, shortly before the November 1830 Uprising.

Following the Russian suppression of the Uprising, he settled in Paris as part of Poland's Great Emigration. During the remaining 19 years of his life, Chopin gave only some 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon; he supported himself by selling his compositions and teaching piano. After some romantic dalliances with Polish women, including an abortive engagement, from 1837 to 1847 he carried on a relationship with the French writer Amandine Dupin, aka George Sand. For most of his life Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at age 39.

Source: wikipedia


Plaque Inscription:
CZ: Fryderyk Chopin tvurce polské hudby bydlil v roce 1829 a 1830 v dome který stával v techto místech.
EN: Fryderyk Chopin Polish music creator lived in 1829 and 1830 in a house that used to stand in those places.

Name of Musician: Frédéric François Chopin

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