23 Fascinating Facts about Frederic Chopin

[@ewatokarz577]

If you like Chopin music on Sundays during summer in Łazienki Park, Warsaw, Poland are Chopin music concerts. One of my favorites because you can sit on the grass and just listen. It's something that I haven't seen anywhere else. Unique experience. And it's free! Definitely check it out when you are in Europe.

[@enumoni2252]

Cat Ears Thanks for sharing! I'll remember this

[@bobjasinski7330]

Hi, Ewa, When touring Poland with my Polish-born father, we were fortunate enough to experience such a Chopin concert in Warsaw's most lovely park. Sheer joy! My father taught me about Chopin at a young age so I've always loved the pianist's music. He is truly the "Poet of the Piano." No one sounds like him or conveys the romanticism and nationalism that he did. As it turns out, my son became a pianist and composer and is strongly influenced by Chopin. Imagine the joy and pride my father felt when his grandson performed Chopin. Unfortunately, my father passed last year in NYC at age 94. Recalling the Chopin concert in Warsaw that I shared with him my fills my eyes with tears of both joy and sorrow. However, both my dad and Chopin remain alive in my heart and those of others. Thank you for sparking the beautiful memory of my father, a summer in Warsaw, and the timeless music of Chopin. 🎹

[@barbarahenry9231]

Aww wish I could go

[@spookyvegan1402]

That is so nice 👍🏻 I hope to make it there one day 💚💚💚

[@jetsetter8541]

The horror of Soviet control of post war Poland made irreparable damage to Polish society creating a huge generation of dangerous , agresive , jealous imbecile alcoholics to be ashamed of. That damaged generation almost uprooted Polish history of music , poetry & art. That was the reason for most Pols to defect Poland parallel with communist opressions.

[@insertpseudonym5311]

love this guy. it's such a shame he died so young ;-; imagine what he would have written with a few more years.

[@duckymomo7935]

teal teatree More waltzes and etudes!

[@agamaz5650]

omg etudes..... if i could teleport i would see chopin

[@enumoni2252]

Listen to Chopin's two nocturnes (Op. 62), and also the cello sonata. These are an excellent example of an older Chopin style. His harmonic genius really developed more romantic and modern sounding.

[@redfullpack]

Gazebo dedicated his 1983 electronic musix hit "I Like Chopin"

[@FreeSkillsStyle]

Omg yeah so true, it would have probably got deeper, someone needs to take the torch

[@kristianj.8798]

"Chop-chop" hahah

[@aoifrombrazil]

He is my favorite composer.

[@EthanWattsMusic]

Chopin is the best. No one compares to him, musically-speaking. Especially at 0:33. He was at his best there.

[@fellow19yearold21]

The best musician of all time!

[@pianogang2273]

YES!!!

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

From a musician standpoint i disagree. As she says, Chopin acknowledged Liszt to be a beter pianist, but i would say he is the best composer. His music is expressive to an extend no other composer up to this day has managed to accomplish

[@lupahole]

@@gwaynebrouwn844 Rachmaninoff says hi :P But joking asides, the whole "best musician of all time" notion is ridiculous, much like the best food ever is.

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

@@lupahole Rachmaninoff is my fav composer 😩🤌🤌🤌

[@lupahole]

@@gwaynebrouwn844 mine too!

[@toaster8005]

Gosh, you just keep churning out Chopin videos! Keep em coming! I love him so much ;-;

[@Areothredamino.999]

Simplicity is the greatest achievement - Frederic chopin

[@ZEKTOR]

Chop-Chop xD That is golden

[@agamaz5650]

Pontifex Tigris Maximus virtual riot xd

[@hannahquintua]

True love detected

[@EclipsedAscent]

I wish I could meet this guy. He’s my piano role model.

[@hannastaszak1684]

Piękno muzyki Fryderyka Chopina to fenomen graniczący z cudem ❤️

[@williamm374]

I learned from an old timer that Chopin's Polonaise Eroique was very popular on the radio in the latter part of WW2. This was due partly to the movie A Song to Remember. During an intermission of a showing of that movie on the hanger deck of the USS Randolph, it was struck by a Kamikaze. They said if not for the intermission, many more sailors would have died. Chopin's music is always heroic and is infused with the spirit of liberty and freedom from tyranny.

[@martynapiwonska089]

Im from Poland! ❤🎹

[@redfullpack]

Arguably Poland's greatest musical son. Unfortunately he was born when Poland was then crumbling inside his etudes are composed Outside Poland

[@bullet1544]

@@redfullpack yep, but etudes are about Poland

[@jiyoukang660]

#10 There is an 'urban legend' that liszt sight read the etudes lol. #11 There is another 'urban legend' about Chopin improvising for hours after liszt committed the sacrilege. When a moth hit the candle and the candle went off, someone was about to light it up again got Chopin was like: 'actually, turn off all the lights, the moonlight is quite enough' and started improvising. After it ended, Liszt was like: "I understand, you are a brilliant poet, and your work is not to be meddled with" Also I like how grande valse brillante waltz is playing in the background, BRILLIANT

[@jubsteevee8440]

I also like playing piano in the dark.

[@jonathant.g.425]

OK.

[@makytondr8607]

Yeeees!! :)

[@B.D.F.]

It's always so lovely to watch your videos.

[@benatchison2371]

Never clicked so fast for a video

[@AngelOfMercy91]

Good video, been sleeping with Chopin's music the last few years, relaxes me although sometimes makes me sad as well.

[@goktugblack]

What a fresh breath of air you channel. A pretty girl talking about Chopin's music. All my favorite elements combined lol

[@lukewalker1051]

You are lovely. I don't play the piano but a huge fan of Chopin. My mom was a violinist.

[@Steppenziege]

"Chop Chop" I never could stand that name. But i called my george always georgy. She didn't enjoy that either.

[@adilivni8688]

Chop chop is cute!!

[@pri_kristel]

Well guess what... I call you Chip Chop

[@hannahquintua]

😂

[@hannahquintua]

Well.. imagine being called "little corpse."

[@ulasonal]

I wonder if she called him Fred

[@fredericchopin2453]

That's me

[@earlcabusao3630]

Frédéric Chopin very well

[@octave11thpianist58]

Hey

[@earlcabusao3630]

Hey

[@octave11thpianist58]

Earl Cabusao haven’t I seen you before?

[@earlcabusao3630]

You’ve seen me before, bUt I aLwAyS sEe U eVeRyWhEee! :)

[@randallskrabonja2966]

Thanks for sharing. Top notch. Great job Alyssa

[@alannacarlson6715]

Chopin's lifelong illness may actually have been caused by Cystic Fibrosis, and he would have actually died of that instead of tuberculosis. This is believed based off his family history. #24 Chopin suffered from visual hallucinations believed to be caused by temporal lobe epilepsy I have a crush on someone who has been dead for 169 years.

[@Sanderus]

The answer is nobody knows: Chopin's heart was inspected in 2014 and a paper on it was published in 2017. Long story short pericarditis was found which favours tuberculosis. Next time the heart is to be examined in 2064. The crystal container with the heart was not opened though only made more airtight to preserve the heart even better.

[@alannacarlson6715]

Sanderus how perfect is it that he requested for it to be sent to Poland!

[@Sanderus]

It is no surprise. Fryderyk Chopin was a patriot, who helped to preserve Polish culture and consequently Polish identity. Piano TV did not explain the political situation clearly enough. During Chopin's lifetime there was no Poland. It disappeared from maps in late 18th century and its territory was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia. Chopin's music, so richly filled with traditionally Polish folk tunes, during his lifetime and long after his death (Poland regained independence in 1918) helped to preserve Polish spirit and resist intense germanisation and rusification. Of course there were countless of known and unknown Poles who aided this cause, Chopin was one of them. Mazurkas and polonaises are the easiest to spot but Polish tunes can be found also in other Chopin's works, for instance some sections of e-minor concerto are in the rhythm of another traditional Polish dance - krakowiak. BTW, the inscription on the board behind which Chopin's heart rests quotes from Matthew 6, 21: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

[@manuelbes]

@@alannacarlson6715 same ;-;

[@vividedwards8909]

So do I

[@tinapeterson5343]

I am a special education teacher in a small school we REALLY enjoy your videos to supplement our topics.

[@PJGRAND]

Great video !!

[@dennyhayes1818]

He has been my favorite since I was about 10 years old. My problem is that I love good music but have no musical talent at all.

[@gutterboy4730]

musical talent is something you develop.

[@lukewalker1051]

@@gutterboy4730 umm yes, but Chopin was born with music etched in his DNA. Reincarnation is the only way to describe such precocity.

[@tigranohanyan3321]

Chopin is the best composer ever walking planet Earth....

[@Zeal808]

Yes!

[@goodboyrad]

so bummed i never got to see him live ☹️

[@GuyMannDudeTheOnly]

Wow ! I did really enjoy this !! Thank you !

[@aurora_selva]

Loved the video!

[@celderson734]

Really interesting stuff. You are very charming. Thanks!

[@mannydain]

love your chanel

[@JosephSpadafino]

*cough* Liszt *cough*

[@leonmaliniak]

Speaking as a life long musician and a lawyer in the music field for thirty years, I congratulate you on the quality and content of your videos... Your videos on CHOPIN, who is my favorite piano composer are great and VERY informative and interesting... it does not hurt my ability to focus that you are also very beautiful without being GARISH like many of the Internet female piano phenoms. By the way, are there any videos of you performing some of these CHOPIN compositions?

[@user-gc1jy7og1s]

Honestly my favourite channel rn. Information delivered in an understanding state and not to mention you featured Chopin. Mitt favourite composer of all time

[@hannastaszak1684]

Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości ❤️

[@luableah7615]

Thank you so much! Right on time! I needed this for a presentation!

[@beng2617]

i am an extremely recent subscriber to your channel and I'm so mad i did not find this channel earlier. Its such an easy way to kill time and learn more about piano while doing so. I love it. thankyouu

[@almendra.ormeno.s]

I love your videos!!

[@davidsilos7241]

Enjoyed this!

[@Nautical-g3c]

Good video👍

[@omegapsi847]

good job Allysia. Always interesting if you create content about Chopin

[@eveabrams6231]

This was so interesting! Thank you very much.

[@kawaiiskittle3512]

I have to watch this for school!

[@mattrusingmail]

Great video! :)

[@Ale-ig6xm]

This was very interesting, I can't wait to see more videos like this, great job!

[@jetsetter8541]

Very interesting !

[@melaniawong8783]

Im a big fan of chopin, but you are indeed beautiful :) Thumbs up :)

[@petergala2147]

Fryderyk Szopen. That how his polish name would be spelled. Half polish (mother) and half french(father) living in France for rest of his live he ended up under his father's last name Chopin. His body is buried at Pere Lachaise cemetery Paris. But he said his heart belongs to Poland and it was smuglled to his homelan by his sister in the solution of cognac. It rests in the Wall of the church of Holy CROSS in Warsaw..

[@fb7876]

Your eyes are amazing.

[@ashishthomas5562]

"If you can't play as I'd written don't play at all"

[@JK-pq2ur]

I really like your work, where is the information from?

[@ypanso]

excellent video!

[@avamelchior4396]

My favorite Chopin piece was playing in the beginning!

[@wendelllatimer4146]

I'm a guitarist of many years but I took some music theory lessons from a piano teacher in town. One day I asked her who was her favorite composer and she said Chopin. So now I am wondering who is your favorite composer if you had to name just one?

[@dcunited710]

Chopin shouldn’t have made his etudes so difficult to begin with lol.

[@agamaz5650]

lol if you think chopin's etudes are difficult check out alkan's etudes

[@dcunited710]

I have already seen one of Alkan’s etudes 😱 the one with the variations.

[@scriabinismydog2439]

@@dcunited710 Ah... Le Festin d'Esope, what a great etude! You should check the Thirds Etude by Rautavaara

[@dcunited710]

Maurice Ravel very interesting etudes :)

[@scriabinismydog2439]

@@dcunited710 Yup, Rautavaara has a very special harmonical language :) Also the etudes by Scriabin are fantastic

[@michaelmoore92]

What is in the background at 3:52?

[@ashleyow1312]

Michael Moore chopin’s grande valse brillante

[@pianogang2273]

Wow Berlioz! Wow!

[@Lefsler]

what would be a good book to start to understand those terms, music related?

[@Resplencemelodi]

I'd say he was also influenced by John Field

[@billatkin3956]

Copy that! Didn't John Field invent the idea of the nocturne, hence....?

[@helvete_ingres4717]

It;s not a matter of opinion; he certainly was 100%

[@Lucmercurius]

@@billatkin3956 Indeed John Field is credited to be the inventor of the Nocturne, and he certainly influenced Chopin. In fact, he met Chopin. But that being said.. Chopin Nocturnes are in another realm of existence. John Field's Nocturnes are like little children compositions compared to the harmonic and melodic complexity of Chopin's.

[@hansangelo779]

The Funniest Nickname I ever heard is "Chop-Chop".

[@missbyuniee6306]

can someone tell me where the pic at 3:50 is from please??

[@noodlery7034]

missbyuniee its from a movie called "impromptu"

[@missbyuniee6306]

thank youuuu

[@LukeXMV]

Apart from the well known composers you have listed Chopin's music was very much influenced by Polish folk music.

[@luisconceicao1]

Thank you for all that infurgaruons about my favorite piano composer. Regards

[@chibaz8882]

Great video! I would perhaps add that Chopin never really had a piano teacher. Zywny was a violinist and Elsner was his composition teacher. They both recognised Chopin's remarkable gift and did the best thing a teacher could do - did NOT teach him piano, allowing his natural ability to develop

[@mc3newsmcocconcierge504]

This is very true and it's so interesting, and despite Chopin's hilarious thoughts towards Zywny, it's quite amazing how much Zywny and the violin impacted his play.

[@manuelbes]

@@mc3newsmcocconcierge504 just asking myself, what did he think about Zywny?

[@Afggg.h]

What nocturne did Liszt play?

[@williamm374]

Chopin's cousin was a Union General in the American Civil War: Krzyzanowski. He was wounded at Gettysburg.

[@robert58]

Imagine all of the masterpieces we're deprived of because of his early death...

[@seanmortazyt]

awesome! was hoping you'd go for 24 as a nod to the # of preludes :)

[@wojtek7222]

2:17 come on, he wrote 2 concertos

[@Lachaise1814]

List? Cho pen? De boosie? What are those?

[@arghapirate2427]

I wish you gave Mozart as much attention as you do Chopin

[@olle_boulle3348]

Since you've mentioned it so many times I sort of had to correct you. Chopin wrote only music for the piano, or for piano and other instruments. All of Chopin's works has some kind of integrated piano.

[@mc3newsmcocconcierge504]

Chopin effectively stopped composing any sonatas of orchestral works after 24. He hated the orchestra and believed the piano was the only thing you need, or at least that he needed :)

[@makytondr8607]

Chop chop is my new favorite lol

[@oldandnewpieces]

Regarding #11, over which Noctune exactly did Chopin fight with Liszt?

[@robertoa.m.3984]

How interesting!!.... . You....are most interesting.....

[@winterreise694]

Does someone know what nocturne exactly was the one lizt played different and Chopin got mad

[@StevePhillips]

Stewart Granger looks like Frederic Chopin, I hope I find girlfriend like you. I love your presenting. And funny out takes bloopers.

[@ethanmiller1143]

What nocturne was he playing?

[@leo17921]

@Seb Halter not really a funny joke

[@jakubrudnicki3837]

nicturne in the background is noctutne op 9 no2

[@eggman7527]

His life nearly overlaps with that of Edgar Allen Poe.

[@youtubeaccount57721]

❤❤❤

[@XXmatt18XX]

Chopin the 🐐

[@Archiekunst]

BTW, Sand broke up with Chopin because he sided with Solange's decision to marry Auguste Clesinger against her mother's wishes. Also, pronounced d'Azhou not d'AgoulT.

[@anaghaadharsh]

Do you have an analysis on 'Fur Elise', thank you.

[@luigipati3815]

another 'fact', not so fascinating, is that this 'George Sand' character just made his life harder and more difficult. Many people might think that Chopin and her lived some kind of brief and 'passionate' (or whatever your favourite word is) relationship, but I am not so sure. I have read this in a book written during the late 1800's by some musician and writer, but I don't remember the title of the book or the name of the author. I have the pdf somewhere, it's in the public domain

[@mc3newsmcocconcierge504]

I wouldn't say that she made it more difficult. You can tell the stark contrast, initially, after they hit it off. His fondest memories were their summers on the countryside. Chopin was quite mercurial however and would change his emotional state incredibly fast which led to their never ending fights.

[@manuelbes]

Hum,actually, she healed him a lot... Thus guy was pretty often sick( especially in winter of course, and not just a bit)

[@Zeal808]

I think George and Chopin should have been a fling. They were attracted to each other because they were so foreign to each other. I feel like that type of attraction can only last for so long before it blows up. Especially when one person is an artist, at least that’s my theory

[@qvark]

Do you think it's possible to rank those guys. I'm from Poland, chopin speaks to my soul. I think rest of those guys are great but I'm from Poland. Chopin speaks directly to my heart. And I don't know much about piano music. So I guess question is moronic. You like what talks to you, I guess

[@qvark]

I answered my own question, yes me

[@theskeletongamertymon8812]

Can you please make a full tutorial of Chopin prelude in c minor!?

[@johnnyboy1232]

The skeleton gamer Tymon yeah

[@noodlery7034]

I see you everywhere on this channel

[@andremeyer6596]

wait, werent his last words “Now is my final agony. No more” someone please shed some light on this because I am now confused😅

[@sophias8382]

According to Alan Walker, who wrote an excellent biography of Chopin, his final words were "No more," in response to his doctor asking him if he was suffering. I think the "my poor mother" story comes from his family members.

[@Afggg.h]

Imagine what he could’ve done if he lived longer

[@timzahniser2102]

victor Borge said a mazurka is a waltz with the hiccups

[@williamsackelariou1860]

She also called him Mon cadavre

[@_veldara]

Can you please make a video about Moszkowski?

[@MarsLos10]

Very interesting!:)

[@thangmami6152]

Szia PianoTV Azt akarom, hogy tegye a transzcendentális Etude Four-t és kérem (im Hungarian)

[@specialknees6798]

Excuse me. I was wondering if you could make a video on playing piano with a double jointed/ extremely flexible thumb.

[@clementynka1]

The cover "photo " does not look like him at all 🤔

[@9aus]

"Chopin has been dying all of his life" That's a harsh burn.

[@normsantos1274]

not really sure how influential clementi was other than maybe indirectly through john field?

[@392023001]

Norm Santos i thought clementi was popular due to his piano sonatinas

[@kyokusei]

JOHN FEILD??