Chopin's Heart Print

Chopin's Heart Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin Frédéric François Chopin “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” the Book of Matthew http://www.chopin.pl/biography_chopin.en.html "A Varsovian by birth, a Pole at heart, a citizen of the world by virtue of his talent." This is what Cyprian Kamil Norwid, a romantic visionary poet, said about Chopin. http://www.chopin.pl/chopin_start.en.html The nature of Chopin's mind is usually defined as of "enlightenment" type. It is shaped by two influences: the turn of mind of his father Mikołaj, who was an enlightened and reasonable representative of that formation, and the atmosphere and structure of education provided by the Warsaw Lycée under Rector Samuel Bogumił Linde, a Polish Encyclopaedist, a scientist of European standing. Chopin happened to chance upon and be a witness to the moment of the changing of the cultural guard: his secondary school years coincided with the beginning of a dispute between the Enlightenment classicists and a dynamic group of Polish Romantic movement representatives. During his studies at the Warsaw University Main School he lived in the sphere of influence as much of Ludwik Osiński as Kazimierz Brodziński, as much of Józef Elsner as Karol Kurpinski. The Enlightenment kind of thinking took root in the deeper layers of Chopin's intellectual make-up because it was experienced earlier. The letters he wrote during his travels astonish one with the matter-of-fact, and precise seeing of the world. His descriptions of Berlin, Vienna, London or Paris amaze because of his detachment from the events and his sober opinions. "Paris is everything you want - you can have a good time, be bored, laugh, cry, do everything you may like and nobody will even glance at you because there are thousands of others doing exactly the same as you and each does it in their own way. And I do not know if there is a place in which there are more pianists than in Paris, and more fools and virtuosos than here." Such matter-of-fact and free from illusion approach to the conditions of everyday existence also marks Chopin's letters to his publishers. In his constant battles with them, he drew strength from his high self-esteem and the importance of his music and he did happen to be uncompromising at times. Also his detachment towards himself left a mark in his letters through his sense of humour and self-irony: "Three doctors, the most eminent on the whole island: the first sniffed at what I had coughed up, the second tapped at the place I coughed it up from, the third poked about and listened while I coughed. The first said I was dead, the second - that I was dying, and the third that I was about to die [...] thanks to Providence, today I am my old good self. Teresa Czerwińska English translation: Jerzy Ossowski http://www.chopin.pl/personality.en.html#8 The Fryderyk Chopin Society Copyright by TIFC 2008. Realizacja Rotos. Chopin’s Heart By Alex Ross https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/chopins-heart © 2018 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Row over plan to DNA test Chopin's heart https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/27/classicalmusicandopera.genetics © 2018 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. WARSAW, POLAND Chopin's Heart Chopin's heart was taken from his body when he died and buried in a church where it was recently exhumed for a secret check up. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chopin-s-heart Chopin’s Heart Exhumed for a Top Secret Check-Up BY MELISSA LESNIE https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/chopins-heart-exhumed-for-a-top-secret-check-up © 2018 Atlas Obscura. All rights reserved. Chopin Monuments Around the World II - Poland, Ukraine, France and England Maja Trochimczyk http://meakultura.pl/kosmopolita/chopin-monuments-around-the-world-ii-poland-ukraine-france-and-england-1372 MEAKULTURA © 2012 Chopin Monument Kyiv (Kiev) Ukraine https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g294474-d6762334-Reviews-Chopin_Monument-Kiev.html © 2018 TripAdvisor LLC All rights reserved. Interesting monuments in Kyiv (Kiev): a musical monument to Chopin in the form of a white grand piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM_J7T3kwVo © TravelFamilyVideo Claiming patriotism Poland triumphantly completes the planetary Year of Chopin by Olena Chekan http://tyzhden.ua/World/5186 ©2007–2018 tyzhden.ua A Musician’s Charisma and Aristocracy The interview with Alain Planès is from Olena Chekan's personal archives. The Ukrainian Week publishes it for the first time http://ukrainianweek.com/Culture/181440 Copyright © Ukrainian Week LLC. All rights reserved. The Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin portrait was created for my Mothers TV show © 2000 «GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY» to the series on Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin. in memory of a white piano, which is played at the approach to it.. Dla Polski! For Poland! Cordially, © Bohdan Rodyuk Chekan Esq.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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