Chopin's successes as a composer and performer opened the door to western Europe for him, and on 2 November 1830, he set out, in the words of Zdzisław Jachimecki, "into the wide world, with no very clearly defined aim, forever." With Woyciechowski, he headed for Austria, intending to go on to Italy. Later that month, in Warsaw, the November 1830 Uprising broke out, and Woyciechowski returned to Poland to enlist. Chopin, now alone in Vienna, was nostalgic for his homeland, and wrote to a friend, "I curse the moment of my departure." When in September 1831 he learned, while travelling from Vienna to Paris, that the uprising had been crushed, he expressed his anguish in the pages of his private journal: "Oh God! ... You are there, and yet you do not take vengeance!" Jachimecki ascribes to these events the composer's maturing "into an inspired national bard who intuited the past, present and future of his native Poland." COUNT 13
QSN1 On what date did Frédéric begin his journey into Western Europe? ANS1 2 November 1830 QSN2 Which country did Frédéric go to first after setting out for Western Europe? ANS2 Austria QSN3 In what year did his companion Woyciechowski depart to Poland to enlist for the uprising in Warsaw? ANS3 1830 QSN4 What historian commented that the events involving Frédéric's friend in Poland contributed to his maturing? ANS4 Zdzisław Jachimecki QSN5 Who said that Chopin set out "into the wide world, with no very clearly defined aim, forever?" ANS5 Zdzisław Jachimecki QSN6 Who did Chopin leave for Austria with? ANS6 Woyciechowski QSN7 Where did Chopin intend to go after Austria? ANS7 Italy QSN8 Woyciechowski left Chopin to enlist in what? ANS8 the November 1830 Uprising QSN9 What geographicla region was opened for Chopin due to his composing and performances? ANS9 western Europe QSN10 When Chopin started to take his music to the world, what is the last name of the person who went with him to Austria? ANS10 Woyciechowski QSN11 What year did the uprising begin in Warsaw? ANS11 1830 QSN12 What were the words Chopin wrote to a friend when he was alone and homesick? ANS12 "I curse the moment of my departure." QSN13 What year did Chopin learn that the uprising in Warsaw was crushed? ANS13 1831