Chopin grew up during this period and was influenced by other musicians of this period. The period of time between 18 is commonly referred to as the period of Romanticism.
He was considered a child prodigy while he was young. His mother also instructed him.Ĭhopin was known as the “Second Mozart” and “little Chopin” (World Encyclopedia, 2007). Chopin learned to play the piano from his sister. When his father was young he chose Poland as his home. His French speaking father was of distant Polish ancestry. And, Chopin published his first composition at age seven.Ĭhopin’s parents were considered upper-class. He studied harmony and counterpoint at the Warsaw Conservatory (Funk&Wagnall, 2007). He also learned the universal language called music. He had a better command of Polish though because that was the primary language at home and in his early schooling. Although his songs were written in Polish, Chopin grew up speaking both French and Polish. His home life must have been a wonderfully interesting place as his father was French and his mother Polish. By the time he was 8 he had performed before an audience. Early Lifeįrederic Chopin, born in 1810 near Warsaw Poland, was a musical child who began to study piano at age four. Success for a musician of that period was measured by whether or not your music was played after you died…and Chopin’s was. Chopin would grow to be a major player in the musical world in Poland, France, and beyond. At the beginning of the musical period known as Romanticism Frederic Chopin was born in Poland.
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