#fryderyk chopin

polandgallery:

Photo Album: “Fryderyk Chopin’s Family in 1829” by Ambroży Mieroszewski (1802 - 1884)

■ Ambroży Mieroszewski (1802–1884) was a Polish painter who was Fryderyk Chopin’s first known portraitist. In that same year, Mieroszewski also painted a portrait of the Fryderyk ’s first professional piano teacher,Wojciech Żywny.

■ The set of five 1829 portraits of the surviving members of the Chopin family (the youngest child, Emilia Chopin, had died of tuberculosis at age 14 in 1827) were painted about a year before Fryderyk Chopin would leave Warsaw and his native land forever in November 1830.

■ All six portraits were the property of Laura Ciechomska of Warsaw when they were lost in the opening days of World War II, in September 1939. Only black-and-white photographs of them survive.

atomicbouquetofflowers:

So I wanted to make a portrait of Chopin and so I did these sketches to explore different poses, and then I ended up polishing them up a bit ;_;

It’s so difficult to capture his elegant and delicate nature <3

oops I did it again

So I just discovered this wonderful, complete recording of Chopin’s songs, played on a Pleyel piano from 1848 and although I don’t understand the polish language (very unfortunately) yesterday I was a sobbing mess listening to all these beauties  ;_;

Although I love them all so much, my favorites are Wiosna, Spiew z mogily andPierscien. I looked up for an english translation of some of the songs and when I read the translation of Pierscien  I instantly thought about Maria Wodzinska, because the poem is about giving your beloved a silver ring only to see her marrying another man, and then my heart shattered while listening to this song, not only because it is beautiful, but also because Fryderyk wrote it when Maria’s family broke their engagement. And I just can’t imagine how heartbroken he must have been when he composed it

Piano: Nelson Goerner

Soprano: Aleksandra Kurzak

Tenor: Mariusz Kwiecien

Chopin: Song Wiosna,Op.74 nº2

Today is the first day of Spring! To mark the beginning of the new season I thought it would be nice to share this beautiful, dreamy song, composed in 1838. It’s unfortunate that Chopin’s songs are so rarely performed and recorded; they are little precious gems coming from a composer who wrote almost exclusively for the piano, and here, he grants us the rare opportunity to witness his music sung by a human voice, which he loved so much.

Poem: Stefan Witwicki (polish poet and friend of Chopin)

Soprano: Aleksandra Kurzak

Piano: Nelson Goerner

~ Here you can listen to the piano solo version of this song, arranged by Chopin himself, and played by Vladimir Ashkenazy ~

frycekc1810:

Happy birthday dear Frycek, I just want to let you know how important you are to me, and I hope you, from Heaven, can see how much you are still loved today and how many lives you have changed for better.

Thank you so much, and a big kiss, hoping it will reach you one way or another. <3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRYCEK!!! 

I just hope he can somehow feel all the love vibes, all the loving thoughts, all the smiles and wishes of happiness that millions of people are sending out to him today. I just want him to know that he and his music are not and shall not ever be forgotten and that they made this Earth a more beautiful place. I already teared up a bit today just by knowing that I can’t give him a big hug, omg

But nonetheless, today I feel so grateful (today and everyday), because his art is what makes me truly aware of the beauty of nature and the beauty of the tiny little things around me, and knowing that he dedicated his life just so I can live these moments of true happiness, makes me feel forever grateful, more than I can say. 

A few days ago, at night, I went to my window, to see the stars and the moon, while listening to a couple of his nocturnes. Although the night sky is always a beautiful sight, I feel like it wouldn’t have half of its beauty if I didn’t have his music playing on my mind; I will never find the words which can possibly express how grateful I am for this.

Thank you so much Frycek for all that you have given to us, and since I cannot be with you today, I am blowing a kiss towards Heaven, in the hope that it finds you well and happy. <3 

Quotation from Chopin’s famous nocturne Op. 9 Nº2, written when he was about 20 years old, and only published in 1833.

How one can write music with such depth and beauty at the age of just 20, is still a mystery to me.

~ Listen to one of my favorite interpretations of this piece, played by Maria João Pires ~

fryderykdelicateflower:

Grigory Sokolov plays Chopin Prelude No. 11 in B major op. 28

I fall in love with Chopin a bit more everyday, and when I think I can’t love him much more than I already do, I discover pearls such as this. I’ve known this prelude for a long time, but when I heard it played by Sokolov, it was a revelation, I listenned to it with fresh ears, like if it had been the first time. 

These little 50 seconds are so pure, so full of love and spring, that just makes me want to give Chopin a really tight hug for the smile he is able to put in my face everytime I listen to this.

I would like to have words 

but they just

slip away

<3

0:16 is so pure 

fryderykdelicateflower:

Grigory Sokolov plays Chopin Prelude No. 1 in C major op. 28

This is the most amazing, seducing and mesmerizing interpretation I’ve ever heard of this prelude. It’s so much slower than usual, which really brings out the sensual quality of this piece.

I still think that these 46 seconds are the most bewitching and sensual thing I ever heard 

Fragment of Chopin’s manuscript of the Mazurka Op.50 Nº3, written and published in 1842.

~Listen to it here, played by Arthur Rubinstein~

“Chopin’s Sadness”, 1948 by Czesław Lewandowski(1900-1995)

Do you also have piano keyboard zebra crossing in your city? Greetings from Warsaw, Poland - the city of Fryderyk Chopin! 

“Portrait of Fryderyk Chopin(1810-1949)”by Louis Gallait (1810-1887)

■ In 1830, the last concert by Fryderyk Chopin took place in Warsaw, Poland. Chopin had to leave his native Poland which was under Russian rule at that time. The composer could never return to his homeland but he never forgot about Poland.

■ During his final days, famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, with fawning Parisian women fainting all around him, made the gruesome request that his heart be taken out from his corpse and sent back to his native Poland, knowing very well that his body would never leave France. When he passed, Chopin’s eldest sister, Ludwika, complied with his request, taking the heart before his body could be buried and secreting it back to Poland in a jar of booze. Most likely cognac. Ludwika hid the hearty package under her cloak, avoiding officers and agents that might ask too many questions about the body part she was carrying, and was able to smuggle it to the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw where it was buried beneath a small monument.During World War II, the Nazis, knowing the power the composer’s legacy held over the people, stole the heart (as well as outlawing playing his music). However, after the war they gave it back.

the first one was popular so i made another one!