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Polish | What nationality were the two friends who served as a pivotal influence in Frédéric's life while in Paris? |
England | Julian Fontana tried to find his way where before moving to Paris? |
England | Where did Julian Fontana fail to get established? |
Albert Grzymała | Who did Chopin know that became rich in Paris? |
Albert Grzymała | Which friend of Chopin became like an older brother to him? |
Julian Fontana | Which friend took on the role of several jobs to help Chopin including copyist? |
Warsaw Conservatory | Where were Chopin and Fontana students together? |
Robert Schumann | Who gave Frédéric his first significant public approval in regards to his compositions? |
26 February 1832 | On what date did Frédéric give his first performance at the Salle Pleyel? |
intimate keyboard technique | What is stated as a hindrance for Frédéric's ability to perform in large concert spaces? |
his father | Who did Frédéric rely upon financially before earning a great income from his works? |
Robert Schumann | From whom did Chopin receive his first big endorsement? |
26 February 1832 | When did Chopin debut at Salle Pleyel ? |
Rothschild | What affluent family did Chopin gain a patronage from? |
1831 | When did Chopin receive his first major endorsement from Robert Schumann? |
keyboard technique | What did Chopin realize was not ideal for larger spaces after his first successful concert in Paris? |
publishing his works and teaching piano to affluent students | Once Chopin stopped performing concerts, how did he earn his income? |
his own Paris apartment for small groups of friends | What was Frédéric's favorite environment to perform in? |
pianos | What instrument did Frédéric play in a performance on 23 March 1833? |
Salle Pleyel | Chopin gave a yearly performance where? |
Hexameron | Chopin worked with Liszt on what piece? |
Maurice Schlesinger | In 1833 with whom with Chopin work to get his music published? |
Adolphe Gutmann | What is the name of Chopin's pupil who performed with him? |
apartment | Where did Chopin prefer to play for people? |
Liszt and Hiller | On March 23, 1833, who headlined and performed with Chopin at a concert? |
Maurice Schlesinger | Who did Chopin contract with for publishing his music? |
Felix Mendelssohn | Who did Frédéric meet in the spring of 1834 at the Lower Rhenish Music Festival? |
playing and discussing music | What two activities did Frédéric do while visiting for a day in Düsseldorf with Mendelssohn and Hiller? |
Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow | Who was the director of the Academy of Art that Frédéric met while in Düsseldorf? |
Carlsbad | Where were Frédéric's parents located at when he saw them for the final time in 1835? |
the Lower Rhenish Music Festival | Where did Chopin meet Felix Mendelssohn? |
Hiller | Who did Chopin attend the Lower Rhenish Music Festival with? |
Carlsbad | In 1835 where did Chopin and his parents visit? |
July 1836 | When did Chopin propose marriage to Maria Wodziński? |
Countess Wodzińska | Who was Maria's mother? |
Felix Mendelssohn | Who did Chopin meet at a music festival early in 1834? |
Düsseldorf | Where did Chopin and Hiller go with the person Chopin met in the spring of 1834? |
director of the Academy of Art | What was Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow position? |
Maria | What was the first name of the girl Chopin proposed to? |
Woyciechowski | Who was the recipient of Frédéric's letter he wrote on 12 December 1831? |
Herz, Liszt, Hiller | What are the three names stated in Frédéric's letter that he had shown interest and curiosity in? |
Liszt | Who is stated as being in attendance of Frédéric's first performance at the Salle Pleyel on 26 February 1832? |
26 February 1832 | What was the date that LIszt first saw Chopin perform? |
Woyciechowski | Which friend received the letter in which Chopin referenced Liszt? |
the Salle Pleyel | Where was Chopin's first concert in Paris held? |
38 Rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin | What address did Frédéric live at during his stay in Paris? |
a few blocks | How far down the road did Liszt live from Frédéric during this time? |
seven | How many times did Frédéric and Liszt collaborate in performances during the years of 1833 to 1841? |
Harriet Smithson | For whose benefit was the first of these concerts performed for on 2 April 1833? |
Salle Pleyel and the Paris Conservatory | At which two establishments was the last of these performances conducted at on 25 and 26 April 1841? |
2 April 1833 | When was the first time Liszt and Chopin performed together? |
the Beethoven Memorial in Bonn | What was the charity that Liszt and Chopin last performed for? |
Salle Pleyel and the Paris Conservatory | Where did Liszt and Chopin last perform together? |
the Hôtel de France on the Rue Lafitte | When Liszt lived close to Chopin, where did he call home? |
seven | How many times did Chopin and Liszy perform together in public? |
Harriet Smithson | Who did the first concert of Chopin and Liszt benefit? |
love-hate relationship | What term describes the qualities of the relationship between Frédéric and Liszt? |
theatricality, showmanship and success | What three qualities of Liszt are stated to have captivated Frédéric? |
an apology | What did Frédéric receive from Liszt when the latter performed a nocturne with certain embellishments added? |
my friend Liszt | What did Frédéric introduce Liszt as in when referring to him in his letters up to 1848? |
Op. 10 Études | What piece did Chopin dedicate to Liszt? |
Marie d'Agoult | What was the name of Liszt's mistress? |
Liszt | Who did Chopin dedicate the Op. 10 Études to? |
Liszt | Who apologized to Chopin for adding embellishments to a musical piece he perforemed that was written by Chopin? |
Marie d'Agoult | What was the name of Liszt's mistress? |
Hiller | Who did Chopin write to displaying his desire to take away a performers ability to play his music? |
George Sand | What was the name of the man who biogrpahers think Chopin was concerned about Liszt's growing relationship with? |
Marie d'Agoult | Who was the host of the gathering where Frédéric was introduced to George Sand? |
My tragedy | What did Frédéric label the place in which he placed Maria and her mother's letters about the unlikely marriage? |
Grzymała | Who did George Sand write to when admitting having a strong affection for Frédéric? |
George Sand | What is the name of the author Chopin met at a gathering put on by Marie d'Agoult? |
his poor health | What was a possible reason for Chopin's failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska? |
My tragedy | What did Chopin write on the box of letters from Maria and her mother? |
Marie d'Agoult | Who hosted the party whre Chopin met George Sand? |
1837 | What year did Maria Wodzińska's mother tell Chopin that he likely would not marry her daughter? |
My tragedy | What did Chopin write on the package that contained letters from Maria and her mother? |
Grzymała | Who did Sand confide to in a letter about her feelings for Chopin in June, 1838? |
London | What city did Frédéric visit in June 1837? |
his association with Sand began in earnest | What event occurred on Frédéric's return to Paris? |
six | How many years older was George Sand compared to Frédéric? |
miserable | What adjective is used to describe Frédéric and Sand's time together during the winter of 1838? |
Valldemossa | Where did Frédéric and Sand venture to after Majorca became unlivable when it was discovered they were not married? |
Camille Pleyel | With whom did Chopin go to London with in 1837? |
piano maker | What was James Broadwood's occupation? |
six years | How much older was George Sands than Chopin? |
Félicien Mallefille | During Sands and Chopin's visit to Majorca who were they fleeing? |
a former Carthusian monastery | After it became known that Sands and Chopin were unmarried where did they end up taking up shelter? |
June 1838 | When did Chopin and Sand become lovers? |
Majorca | Where did Chopin and Sand go between November 1838 and February 1839? |
Sand's two children | Who joined Chopin and Sand on their trip to Majorca? |
Félicien Mallefille. | One of the reasons Chopin and Sand went to Majorca was to escape the threats of who? |
a former Carthusian monastery | Where did Chopin and Sand stay in Valldemossa? |
Three | How many doctors saw Frédéric by the 3rd of December? |
piano | What did Frédéric have trouble playing as a result of his growing illness? |
best possible condition | What condition did Frédéric describe the piano that arrived to him through many dangerous obstacles? |
3 | How many doctors visited Chopin? |
December | What month did Chopin's piano arrive? |
his bad health | What did Chopin compalin about? |
his Pleyel piano | What did Chopin have a hard time getting delivered to Majorca? |
December | What month did Chopin's Pleyel piano arrive in Majorca? |