The Life and Works of Frederick Chopin

The Life and Works of Frederick Chopin The 1830s have been called "the decade of the piano" because during that period the piano and the music written for it played a dominant role in European musical culture. The piano had, of course, already been popular for more than half a century, but by the third decade of the nineteenth century, changes in the instrument and its audience transformed the piano's role in musical life. As …

…Frederic Chopin 1810-1849. . April 1998. ¨ Bachelder, Brian. “The Unofficial Frederic Chopin Homepage.” . March 2000. ¨ Chopin Foundation of the United States, Inc. “Fryderyk Chopin – A Chronological Biography.” . March 2000. ¨ Leszczynski, Krzysztof. “Frederic Chopin: Life—Works—Tradition.” . November 1999. ¨ Orga, Ates. Chopin: His Life and Times. Tunbridge Wells: Midas Books, 1976. ¨ Pourtalès, Guy De. Polonaise: The Life of Chopin. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927. ¨ Szulc, Tad. Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer. New York: Scribner, 1989.