1. FRYDERYK
CHOPIN
And some information about him

2. LIFE OF CHOPIN
He was born on 22th of February or 1st of
March 1810 in Żelazowa Wola near
Warsaw.

3. ŻELAZOWA WOLA
Żelazowa Wola is a small village near Warsaw.

4. LIFE OF CHOPIN
Chopin is considered one of the most
important composers of the romantic, as well
as one of the most important Polish
composers in history. He was one of the most
famous pianists of his time, often called the
poet of the piano.

5. CHILDHOOD
At baptism he was given the names
of Fryderyk Franciszek in honor of
his godfather, and probably his
grandfather - François.

6. CHILDHOOD
At the turn of the fourth and
fifth year of his life,
Chopin began to play the
piano, initially with his
mother.

7. CHILDHOOD
In 1816, he began
taking lessons
from Wojciech
Żywny. He learned
very quickly .

8. CHILDHOOD
Aleksandra Tarczewska wrote about Chopin:
"It was enough [...] after one evening
of young Chopin’s play, when he was
eighth , for experts to say that Chopin
would replace Mozart"

9. LIFE OF CHOPIN
Chopin was sometimes in the Radziwil Palace
in Antonin.

10. CREATION
Chopin created almost exclusively
works for piano, an instrument
typical of the Romantic period of
music.
During the national partitions
Chopin's work symbolized the
patriotic feelings.

11. CREATION
Trips - to Szafarnia Dusznik,Toruń, Gdańsk, Płock
and other towns of Wielkopolska, Pomerania and
Silesia, Chopin allowed to know the treasures of
Polish culture and Polish folk music, which he did
not forget the rest of your life.

12. CREATION
He created:
57 mazurkas, 16 Polonaises, 19 rolls, 19 nocturnes, 4
ballades, 4 scherzo, 26 preludes, 27 etudes, 17
songs, two piano concertos, 4 Impromptus

13. LIFE OF CHOPIN
10th of September, Chopin arrived in Paris

14. THE LAST INTERVAL
OF LIVE
After the outbreak of the revolution in Paris
in 1848 Chopin went to England and
Scotland. He had been ill with
tuberculosis.

15. THE LAST INTERVAL
OF LIVE
Chopin's illness and the cause of his
untimely death at the age of 39 still
remain unclear.
Image of „The Last Moments Of
Frederic Chopin" Theophilus
Kwiatkowski

16. THE LAST INTERVAL
OF LIVE
Chopin died in the environment of several
people close to him around 2 am on Oct. 17,
1849.

17. ABOUT CHOPIN…
The memory of Chopin as a great composer
does not disappear.

18. THE END
Presentation made by Weronika Pałat

19. THE END
Information derived from:
http://pl.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/life/biography/page/1
http://www.chopin.info.pl/show.php?DOC=jego_epoka
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choroba_Fryderyka_Chopina
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fryderyk_Chopin#Ostatni_okres_.C5.BC
ycia
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_dzie%C5%82_Fryderyka_Chopina

20. THANKS FOR WATCHING 