| Did you know? |
Chopin was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1810. |
Chopin's father was a teacher! |
He started learning to play piano when he was only 6. |
When he was young he performed many concerts in German cities. |
What other composers might Chopin have met? |
Chopin's first song was published in 1817. How old was he then? That song was called Polonaise in G Minor. |
He was playing concerts for people by the time he was 8! |
Chopin loved Poland even though he moved to Paris, France in his 20's. |
Chopin was good friends with another composer named Franz Liszt. |
Chopin's girlfriend's name was George Sand. Doesn't that sound like a man's name to you? Well....... that wasn't really her name. She was a writer and that was the name she used as an author because back then it was not acceptable for women to be writers. |
Chopin composed music for the piano. As a matter of fact he is one of the reasons that the piano is so popular today. |