Great composer-pianist Frédéric Chopin was born on this day in 1810.
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As was I! Though not in 1810. Though it's starting to feel like it...
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Yes Happy Birthday Chris - nice to share it with a great composer! To think I was teaching a Chopin Mazurka yesterday without even thinking of his birthday.'Man know thyself'Comment
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A very Happy Birthday Chris and Chopin!
"God knows why it is that my pianoforte music always makes the worst impression on me, especially when it is played badly." -Beethoven 1804.Comment
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Thank you, Peter and Hollywood.
In fact, I don't remember sharing a birthday with Chopin while growing up. This page:
http://www.chopin-society.org.uk/art...n-birthday.htm
states that Chopin's birthday could be either February 22 (as it is recorded in the parish baptismal register) or March 1, and that March 1 is now usually regarded as the correct date. But I wonder when scholars began favoring that date?
Of course, I prefer March 1, so that I can share my birthday with him, but if that turns out to be wrong, I can at least take solace in the fact that I share a birthday with the great musical giant of our own age, Justin Bieber
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Of course, I prefer March 1, so that I can share my birthday with him, but if that turns out to be wrong, I can at least take solace in the fact that I share a birthday with the great musical giant of our own age, Justin Bieber
I expect that is a big consolation to you Chris.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
Doch nicht vergessen sollten
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