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US
/ˈʃoʊpæn/
]
NOUN
- French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849)
- United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)
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the music of Chopin
he practiced Chopin day and night
How To Use Chopin In A Sentence
- This tune is usually attributed to Chopin.
- His early works show prominent influence from Chopin's pianistic quality (allegedly the young Scriabin slept with Chopin's score under his pillow!
- Our natural instinct is to analyze that as a homologous variation — Joplin must have got it from somewhere, perhaps the cavatina-cabaletta sequence of Italian opera, or perhaps Rossini overtures, or perhaps similarly obsessive passages in Chopin or Schumann. Categorical denials
- A fashion fact: the chopine was a 15th-century platform shoe that, on occasion, rose to a towering 30 inches, requiring madam to walk with a cane or simply a servant - a cane with legs? The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
- In fifteenth-century Italy, shoemakers created an eroticized platform shoe for women called the chopine. Leora Tanenbaum: Our Stripper Shoes, Ourselves
- The ballade, full of dramatic intensity, mainly inspired by Polish epic poems, was a new musical form invented by Chopin. Chopin's 'Soul and Heart'
- The first prize winner will tour the U.S. in a series of more than 20 concerts prearranged by the Chopin Foundation.
- ‘Oh, it is nothing,’ returned Chopin, gaily, ‘We each have our own style.’
- This made it an object of desire in the homes of the fast-growing bourgeoisie, creating a market greedy for the sheet music of Chopin's compositions that poured into the shops.
- There are four popular Chopin items, the first set of the Schubert Impromptus, and Ravel's La Valse as transcribed by the composer for piano solo.