Fryderyk Fanciszek Chopin (18 10- 1849), a great Polish musician, loved Polish folk music since childhood. He wrote Polish dance music at the age of seven and performed at the age of eight. Before the age of twenty, he became a recognized pianist and composer in Warsaw. The rest of his life coincided with the fall of Poland. He spent time abroad and created many piano works with patriotic thoughts to express his homesickness and national subjugation. Among them are The First Narration, Polish Dance in Ba Major and other heroic works related to the Polish national liberation struggle. There are fighting works full of patriotic enthusiasm, such as revolutionary etudes and scherzo in b minor; There are sad works mourning the fate of the motherland, such as sonata in B flat minor; There are also fantasy works that miss the motherland and relatives, such as many nocturnes and fantasies.

Chopin lived on the piano all his life, and almost all his creations were piano music, so he was called a "piano poet". He often raises money to perform for his compatriots abroad, but he is unwilling to perform for the nobles. 1837 sternly refused the position of "Chief Pianist of His Majesty the Russian Emperor" awarded by Russia. Schumann called his music "a cannon hidden among flowers" and declared to the world that "Poland will not perish". Chopin's life in his later years was very lonely. He painfully called himself "a Polish orphan far from his mother". Before he died, he asked his relatives to transport his heart back to the motherland.

Chopin's creation is mainly piano works, and he also dabbles in various dance music, fantasia, narrative music, scherzo, prelude, etudes, sonatas and so on. His music has a distinctive personality, unique romantic lyric style, passionate and magnificent melody and colorful harmony, which adds dazzling brilliance to European romantic music and is called "Romantic Piano Poet".

In order to commemorate this great patriotic musician, Poland holds an international Chopin piano competition in Warsaw every five years from 1927, which is one of the highest-level and most influential piano competitions in the world.

Link to the work: Chopin Waltz

Waltz in c sharp minor

Gorgeous waltz

One-minute waltz "puppy"

Waltz in A flat major "Farewell"

Waltz in g flat major

Polish dance music "Army" in A major

Polish dance in A flat major "Hero"

Serenade in e flat major

Nocturne in F sharp major

Serenade in b flat minor

Serenade in a flat major

Mazuka dance no.23

Mazuka dance no.44

Etude "Revolution" in C minor

Etude farewell in e major

Narration 1

The first scherzo

Prelude 7

Fantasy impromptu in c sharp minor