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Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head.

Frederic Chopin

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Frederic Chopin
Age: 39 †
Born: 1810
Born: March 1
Died: 1849
Died: October 17
Composer
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Pianist
Virtuoso
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Frédéric François Chopin
Chopin
Fryderyk Chopin
Frederic Chopin
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
Fr. Chopin
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