200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
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200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
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Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#2There are a few composers that truly sing to me. J.S.Bach (with a few exceptions) is one, some of Beethoven's work, especially his later string quartets, and sometimes Mozart, because even though he sometimes seems a bit fluffy, sometimes that's what I want.
But I can get lost in Chopin, again and again.
There are others that occasionally hit the mark. Some Janacek, some Bartok, and a surprising amount of Joplin (which is surprisingly sophisticated).
But I always return to Bach and Chopin.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#3Chopin is the best French composer.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#4Chopin is the best French composer.
Sometimes I wish that HN had a "+1, Funny" button like Slashdot does.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#5Chopin is the best French composer.
He was Polish, despite his parisian history, hence his famous mazurkas.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#6the elasticity that Chopin allowed, and the fact that he never played a piece the same way twice (sometimes performing the polar opposite dynamics), have led to a tradition of performance in which his entire works are interpreted with Romantic freedom.
I find that this, plus the fact that many of his typical works are so short, makes Chopin the quintessential YouTube composer.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#7Chopin is the best French composer.
And the second best Warner Bros composer, just after Rossini.
Re: 200 years after his birth, Chopin remains a key composer
#8Chopin is the best French composer.
He was Polish, despite his parisian history, hence his famous mazurkas.
To be clear, leaving aside his 'passport' status, he had a French father and a Polish mother. And it's interesting that he made no attempt to ever return to Poland after he'd arrived in Paris as a very young man. I think the French and Polish can make more or less equivalent claims on him.