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Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano". Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw. His mother was Polish, and his father was a French immigrant to Poland. A renowned child-prodigy pianist and composer, Chopin grew up in Warsaw and completed his musical education there. Following the Russian suppression of the Polish November 1830 Uprising, he settled in Paris as part of the Great Emigration and never returned to his homeland. From 1837 to 1847 he carried on a relationship with the French writer Amantine Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, who wrote under the male pseudonym "George Sand". For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health, he died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39. The vast majority of Chopin's works are for solo piano, though he also wrote two piano concertos, a fewchamber pieces and some songs to Polish texts. His piano works are often technically demanding, with an emphasis on nuance and expressive depth. Chopin invented the instrumental ballade and made major innovations to the piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, étude, impromptu, scherzoand prélude. Playlist: Nocturne Op.9 No.1 in B flat minor Larghetto Nocturne Op.9 No.2 in E flat major Andante Nocturne Op.9 No.3 in B major Alegretto Nocturne Op.15 No.1 in F major Andante canta Nocturne Op.15 No.2 in F sharp major Larghet Nocturne Op.15 No.3 in G minor Lento Nocturne Op.27 No.1 in C sharp minor Larghet Nocturne Op.27 No.2 in D flat major Lento so Nocturne Op.32 No.1 in B major Andante soste Nocturne Op.32 No.2 in A flat major Lento Nocturne Op.37 No.1 in G minor Andante sost Nocturne Op.37 No.2 in G major Andantino Nocturne Op.48 No.1 in C minor Lento Nocturne Op.48 No.2 in F sharp minor Andantino Nocturne Op.55 No.1 in F minor Andante Nocturne Op.55 No.2 in E flat major Lento sostenut Nocturne Op.62 No.1 in B major Andante Nocturne Op.62 No.2 in E major Lento Nocturne Op.posth.72 No.1 in E minor Andante Nocturne Op.posth.(KK1215-1222) in C sharp minor Nocturne Op.posth.(KK1233-1235) in C minor Function Features: Support Start Play Support Continuous Play Support Random Play Support Background Play Support Timing stop play Support Setting timer's time Share with your friends by Email Support iPhone, iPod touch and iPad