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"My life [is] an episode without a beginning and with a sad end."

Key Points

  • Frédéric Chopin dedicated his entire compositional output to the piano; he is said to have originated the modern piano style.
  • Chopin lived and worked in Paris among the leading intellectuals and artists of France.
  • His output includes études—highly virtuosic and technical study pieces—meditative nocturnes, preludes, and dances (including Polish mazurkas and polonaises), as well as sonatas and concertos for piano.

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