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THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL MUSIC ALBUM By Irven Fell FREDERIC CHOPIN 1809-1849 This column has not given any thumbnail etches of famous ici some time, so I Chopin would i word known to those who have no mus- ical interests, was born in Zele- zowa Wola, near Warsaw, Poland His father was French and his mother Polish. History tells us that this man, who became one of the giants in , especially the piano, show- ed an aversion to the piano as a very young child. I can imagine that his family being a cultured family, his father was a success- t ivate school teacher, they sent their young to take piano lessons as most people send their children today. The parents cer- tainly had no inclination that this young lad would be famous as a pianist and composer. Indifference of the first few lessons turned to a burning zeal for music and Chopin gave his first concert when he was only nine years old. Probably his tea cher, Zywny was responsible for this tra ormation. In any event lie took Poland by storm and re- ferred to Chopin as "the new Mo- zat." He received many presents in appreciation of his work and the Czar of Russia of that day presented him with a diamond ring. Chopin was intensely patriotic. 1 would gather that he was also a moody and temperamental man, not very strong physically, but a rather graceful and elegant type of man. He commenced his studies of composition with a Josef Elsner and it was in 1826, at the age of 17, that his first published work was produced. The following year he embarked on his active mus- ical career which took him to Europe's musical capitals and won him undying fame. He came in contact with the best musicians of the day, includ- ing Lizs, Cherubini, Mendelssohn and others. With his artistic gifts and aristocratic ways he was soon accepted into the so-called best circles of Paris. At least two women have been mentioned in his life. One of them was a beautiful Warsaw soprano, Constantina Gladkowska. There is no doubt that he was affected by this beauty for he de- dicated some of his works to her and some say that she inspired his famous adagio of the F minor concerto. The other female, and the one oress and a strong-willed woman. These two were very close for al- most ten years. For two years they lived on the island of Ma- jorea. It was during the stay here that he was taken ill. The illness later developing into consumption from which he died at early age of 40. Tn writing a novel, after the breakup between herself and Chopin, George Sand included LADIES' COATS OUR SPECIALTY 7 7 When your coat comes back from us it will have a sparkling lustre . . . just like new. * For Pick-up & Delivery Phone 1557 Oakville Cleaners him in the story of "Lucrezia Floriam" as Prince Karol. ndoubtedly, Chopin was very sensitive. This episode with George Sand and the unhappy conditions in his native Poland played on his mind. From the island of Major- ca he came back alone to his is apartment and after a while he grew so afraid of his own men- tal state that he would dash out into the streets and would be found wandering around. In 1848. Chopin spent most of his time in England, where he made several private appearances. He also did a lot of teaching both in England and on the continent, commanding high fees. Returning to Paris in 1849 he died there and was given a great funeral at Mad- eline, being buried in his concert clothes, following the Polish mil- itary custom of being buried in uniform. Strictly in line with his tem- perament, Chopin's music is emo- tional. Whatever was uppermost in his mind at the time he was composing he seems to have put i , y have been his deep concern over his native Poland or it may have been of happier days, hence his~ many dances. He was a man of moods, hence the variation in type of composition, mostly for piano. Winner of the Week If W. T. 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