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A very modest piano teacher

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Chopin: 15 facts about the great composer

Frederic Chopin

7. A very modest piano teacher

As as way of making money while living in Paris, Chopin built up a book of rich contacts to whom he would give piano lessons. Unfortunately, he felt too embarrassed to ask his pupils for money, so he looked away while they left the fee on the mantelpiece!

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  4. Image 4: Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Image 5: Bach/Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor
  6. Image 6: Paris
  7. Image 7: Frederic Chopin
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Chopin Funeral March backwards

Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ played backwards sounds bizarrely psychedelic

Chopin happy birthday 2

What if Chopin had written ‘Happy Birthday’?

Policeman plays Chopin Nocturne

93-year-old man gets burgled, policeman visits and plays his favourite Chopin Nocturne

Chopin Music

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Chopin NocturneDreams

Trouble sleeping? This Chopin Nocturne makes a perfect lullaby

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101-year-old playing Chopin

Life goals: this pianist plays Chopin on her 101st birthday

One handed piano Chopin

This guy can text, play chess and lift weights at the same time as playing virtuosic Chopin

Chopin Pictures

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composer instagrams

Someone has made Instagram profiles for the great composers, and they are gorgeous

Anna-Maria Mozart mother

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Great composer muses

Meet the muses of the great composers

Chopin Album Reviews

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New releases 12th June

New Releases: Bach with Zhu Xiao-Mei and Emmanuel Despax plays Chopin

new releases 24th april

New releases: Mozart In Havana & Ivana Gavric plays Chopin

New Releases 20th Feb

New Releases: Richard Harvey's Kyrie and The Four Seasons with Francesco Grillo

Chopin Guides

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Chopin Fantaisie Impromptu - 11-year-old pianist

11-year-old kid plays Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu from memory, with stunning technique

Frederic Chopin

We now know for sure what killed Chopin, study reveals

Rachmaninov Chopin Mashup

This pianist composed a hybrid Rachmaninov and Chopin piece, and the result is as stunning as you would expect

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