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Pleyel | Who did Chopin send his Preludes to? |
bad weather | What is stated as having a negative effect on Frédéric's health during this productive time? |
Canuts | What culture of French people did Sand sell the piano to? |
Marseilles | What city did the group travel to in order to help Frédéric recover? |
Nohant | Where was Sand's estate located where they stayed for the summers until 1846? |
Square d'Orléans | Where did Frédéric and Sand move to in 1842 in buildings next to each other? |
the Canuts | Who did Sand sell Chopin's piano to? |
Marseilles | Where did the group travel to after Barcelona? |
Nohant | Where was Sand's home? |
5 rue Tronchet | After returning to Paris where was Chopin's apartment? |
Square d'Orléans | In 1842 where did Chopin and Sand move? |
the bad weather | What had a negative effect on Chopin's health? |
the Canuts. | Who did Sand sell the piano to? |
Marseilles | Where did they travel after leaving Barcelona? |
Square d'Orléans | Where did Chopin and Sand move to in 1842? |
Nohant | Where did they spend most summers until 1846? |
Berlioz's Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale | What event were Chopin and Sand at on 26 July 1840? |
tenth | What anniversary was the July Revolution that Sand and Chopin were present at a dress rehearsal for? |
Adolphe Nourrit | At whose funeral did Chopin play in 1839? |
organ | What instrument did Chopin play at Adolphe Nourrit's funeral? |
Franz Schubert's lied Die Gestirne | What piece did Chopin play at Adolphe Nourrit's funeral? |
Adolphe Nourrit | Chopin attended the funeral of who in 1839? |
Franz Schubert's lied Die Gestirne. | What did Chopin play at the funeral? |
Berlioz's Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale | What was the dress rehearsal for? |
the July Revolution. | It was in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of what? |
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 | What is the example given of a work produced by Frédéric during calm summers at Nohant? |
Pauline Viardot | Which of the two people that visited Chopin were tutored by him on piano? |
7 June 1842 | On what date did Delacroix write a letter based on his visit at Nohant? |
piano technique and composition | What did Chopin help Pauline Viardot with? |
Delacroix and the mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot | Who were two visitors to Chopin while in Nohant? |
piano technique and composition. | What two things did Chopin advise Viardot on? |
Delacroix | Who wrote a letter on June 7, 1842 about a stay in Nohant? |
1842 | In which year did Chopin begin experiencing a serious decline in health? |
Grzymała | To whom did Chopin write a letter on 21 February 1842 about his agonizing pain? |
Beethoven Seventh Symphony arrangement at Erard's | What performance was Chopin forced to decline due to his increasing ill health? |
piano | What instrument did Chopin play for Charles Hallé when the latter visited him? |
temporal lobe epilepsy | What has current day research suggested that Chopin was suffering from alongside his other illnesses? |
1842 | Starting in what year did Chopin start showing evidence of very bad health? |
Beethoven Seventh Symphony arrangement | What second performance did Chopin have to decline to play? |
temporal lobe epilepsy | What specific illness does modern evidence point to Chopin having? |
From 1842 onwards | When did Chopin show signs of serious illness? |
mouth and tonsils | Chopin wrote in 1842 that he had to lie in bed all day because what ached so much? |
Alkan | Chopin had to decline who's invitation in 1843 to particpate in a performance at Erard's? |
Charles Hallé | Who visited Chopin in 1844 and wrote about his inability to move? |
temporal lobe epilepsy. | Modern medicine indicates Chopin may have suffered from what condition? |
Auguste Clésinger | What was the name of Sand's daughter's fiance that contributed to deteriorating the relationship between Sand and Chopin? |
radical political pursuits | What was the interest Sand had that Chopin showed apathy towards? |
third child | What did Sand begin referring to Chopin as as his illness got worse? |
Lucrezia Floriani | What was the name of Sand's novel she published in reference to her situation with Chopin? |
1847 | In what year did Chopin and Sand ultimately bring their relationship to a close? |
1846 | When did Chopin's relationship with Sand start to deteriorate? |
Auguste Clésinger | Whom did Sand's daughter Solange become engaged to? |
Lucrezia Floriani | What novel did Sand write in 1847? |
Auguste Clésinger. | Who was the fortune hunter engaged to Sand's daughter? |
nurse | What role did Sand take on as her relationship with Chopin progressed? |
Lucrezia Floriani | What was the name of Sand's book where the main characters can be interpreted as Sand and Chopin? |
1847 | When did Chopin end his relationship with Sand? |
Op. 58 sonata | What was the name of the single piece of work he wrote in 1844? |
more refined than many of his earlier compositions | What can be said of these works compared to his work in other years even though the quantity was less? |
a dozen | How many pieces did Chopin write in 1841? |
six | How many pieces did Chopin compose in 1842? |
Op. 58 sonata | What piece did Chopin compose in 1844? |
six | How many works did Chopin write in 1842? |
six shorter pieces | How many works did Chopin write in 1843? |
three mazurkas | How many works did Chopin write in 1845? |
February 1848 | In what month and year did Chopin give his final performance? |
Auguste Franchomme | With whom did Chopin perform his final concert? |
February 1848 | When did Chopin last perform? |
Auguste Franchomme | Who did Chopin last perform with? |
struggle financially. | Plitical strife, popularity decline, instability of era and fewer students caused Chopin to what? |
Auguste Franchomme | Who did Chopin have at his last Parisian concert in 1848? |
Cello | What instrument did Auguste Franchomme play? |
BBC | What television station made a documentary on Chopin? |
Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda | What two people created a documentary on Chopin for Italian tv? |
The Women Behind The Music | What was the title of the documentary the BBC released? |
BBC | What television station released a documentary on Chopin? |
Chopin – The Women Behind The Music | What was the name of the documentary released by the BBC? |
Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda | What are the names of the two people that created a documentary for Italian tele vision? |
Angelo Bozzolini and Roberto Prosseda | Who did a work for Italian television about Chopin's life? |
A Song to Remember | What was the name of the 1945 movie released about Chopin? |
Cornel Wilde | What is the name of the actor who received and Oscar nomination for his role as Chopin? |
1928 | What year was La valse de l'adieu released? |
Hugh Grant | Who starred as Chopin in Impromptu? |
George Sand | Chopins relations with whom have been fictionalized in movies? |
A Song to Remember | What 1945 film was a fictionalized accounting of the relationship between Chopin and Sand? |
Cornel Wilde | Who portrayed Chopin in A Song to Remember? |
Pierre Blanchar | Who portrayed Chopin in the 1928 film, La valse de l'adieu? |
Hugh Grant | Who portrayed Chopin in the 1991 film, Impromptu? |
1901 | When was the first fictionalized account of Chopin's life? |
Milan | Where was the first fictionalized account of Chopin's life created? |
Giacomo Orefice | Who is responsible for the first fictionalized account of Chopin's life? |
Chopin | What is thought to be the first fictionalized work about Chopin? |
opera | What style is the fictionalized "Chopin" in? |
Giacomo Orefice | Who wrote the fictionalized "Chopin?" |
1901. | When was the fictionalized "Chopin" produced? |
Milan | Where was the fictionalized "Chopin" produced? |
Leon Ulrich | An 1830 sonnet was written about Chopin by what man? |
Marcel Proust and André Gide | Aside from George Sands what two French authors have written about Chopin? |
sonnet | Leon Ulrich wrote about Chopin in what format? |
sonnet on Chopin by Leon Ulrich | What is the earliest sighting of Chopin in Polish Literature? |