On This Day!
October 17th, 1849 -- After a long struggle with tuberculosis, Frederic Chopin dies in Paris at age 39. He was buried between Bellini and Cherubini.His rapidly progressing disease made it impossible to continue giving lessons. In the summer of 1849, Ludwika Jedrzejewiczowa, the eldest sister of the composer, came from Warsaw to take care of her brother.Chopin died of pulmonary tuberculosis in his Parisian flat in the Place Vendôme.
For those interested here is a very comprehensive and detailed website:
http://www.chopin.pl/spis_tresci/index_en.html
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For those interested here is a very comprehensive and detailed website:
http://www.chopin.pl/spis_tresci/index_en.html
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'Truth and beauty joined'