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Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.
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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All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the artists here.
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A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.
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I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection
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Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess).
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You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat
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Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.
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As something has involuntarily crept into my head through my eyes,I love to indulge it, even though it may be all wrong.
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Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?
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To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's own!
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As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days.
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Concerts are never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art.
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The earth is suffocating... Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.
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My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices.
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I tell my piano the things I used to tell you
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I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.
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Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head.
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Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.
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