Frederic+Chopin

= Frederic Chopin  = = = = = ===Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, was born on February 22nd 1810, in Poland. He was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. === ===At an early age, Chopin had many artistic talents, he was an artist, he likes to write, and he played piano very well. === ===He began composing when he was just 7 years old. He had good education, then studied music later with Joseph === ===Elsner. He met G.F.Handel in Berlin Germany. During his twenties, when he arrived in Paris, France, he had very poor === ===physical health.He knew that he didn't have the stamina to compete in public. By the end 1838, Chopin had === ===become a very famous figure in Paris.He composed 55 mazurkas, 16 polonaises, 26 preludes, 27 etudes, === ===21 nocturnes, 4 ballads, and 4 scherzos. But no one knew that in 1836, he was secretly engaged to a 17 year old === ===polish woman named Maria Wodzinski. Unfortunatly, they never got to marry, because the parents of Maria said === ===they didn't want their child to marry a ill person. But Chopin said he would do anything to become better but Maria === ===still left him. Chopin felt that the rejection an extremly painful experience, and labeled the letters from the Wodzinski === ===family, "My sorrow. " So in 1837, Chopin traveled to London to try to forget the sad memories. He was very happy === ===there and played a lot for the people, but then on 1848, he became very sick, frail, and feverish. A few days later, ===