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Chopin's signature
Public Domain - author passed away 1847 |
Today we took our first look into some music from the "Romantic Period". We studied the very famous Polish composer, Frederic Chopin. He was truly an amazing pianist with a most interesting personality as well. Unfortunately he died at age 39 from tuberculosis, despite that, he still accomplished quite a bit in that short period of time. In class we listened to several pieces that he wrote, one(Polonaise in G minor) he wrote when he was only 8 years old!
At the same time that Chopin was writing and performing music in France(where he settled in the later part of his life), here in our homeland a very familiar song was written. "My Country, Tis of Thee" was written in 1831. And we'll be taking a closer look at that next week...
