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The Official Bulletin declared that the Poles should be as proud of me as the Germans are of Mozart obvious nonsense.

Frederic Chopin

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Frederic Chopin
Age: 39 †
Born: 1810
Born: March 1
Died: 1849
Died: October 17
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Frédéric François Chopin
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