Frederic’s father was a violin player and his mother was a piano player. According to the legend, Frederick was born, while his father was playing violin. And as a young boy he cried, when his mother was playing piano. However, Frederic as a young boy was able to play piano music from just listening to what his mother played. Parents seeing boy’s talent hired a teacher. Very quickly Frederic surpassed his teacher. At the age of seven, he composed his first music. At the age of eight, he gave his first concert. At the age of twenty, he left Poland for France, his father’s native country. At the age of thirty nine, he died of tuberculosis in Paris. His sister brought his heart back to Poland. It rests at the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw. Frederic Chopin was one of the greatest pianists and masters of Romantic music of his time.
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